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Elektrocarcinus

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Necrocarcinidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2016Elektrocarcinus Franţescu et al. p. 1124
2016Elektrocarcinus Schweitzer et al. p. 354
2018Elektrocarcinus Schweitzer et al. p. 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
Reptantia(Boas)
MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderBrachyura()
PodotremataGuinot 1977
Raninoidia(de Haan 1839)
superfamilyNecrocarcinoideaFörster 1968
familyNecrocarcinidaeForster 1968
genusElektrocarcinus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Elektrocarcinus Schweitzer et al. 2016
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Elektrocarcinus davisi Bishop 1985
Elektrocarcinus olsonorum Bishop and Williams 1991
Elektrocarcinus texensis Rathbun 1935
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: semi-infaunaluc
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-08-23 13:44:12
Modified: 2022-08-23 13:44:12
Source: f = family, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Turnsek 1997, Fearon and Clapham 2023, Aberhan 1992, Valdez and Clapham 2023

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 105.30000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian113.0 - 100.5USA (Texas) Necrocarcinus texensis (141130)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6USA (Texas) Necrocarcinus texensis (141000)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France (Normandy) Necrocarcinus woodwardi (234024)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France (Calvados) Necrocarcinus woodwardi (234087)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (South Dakota) Necrocarcinus olsonorum (235703)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (South Dakota) Necrocarcinus davisi (235370 235774)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) Campylostoma pierrense (134956 234106)