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Eoacanthacaris

Malacostraca - Belotelsonidea - Cretapsaridae

Species
E. tethysianus (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2016Eoacanthacaris Beschin et al. p. 19
2023Eoacanthacaris Schweitzer and Feldmann p. 2

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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()
orderBelotelsonideaSchram 1981
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
RankNameAuthor
CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
Reptantia(Boas)
MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderBrachyura()
ArchaeobrachyuraGuinot 1978
BrachygnathaBorradaile
BrachyrhynchaBorradaile 1907
CallichimaeroidaLuque et al. 2019
familyCretapsaridae
CyclodorippoidaAhyong 2007
Dakoticancroida
DromiaceaDe Haan 1833
genusEoacanthacarisSalter 1863

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.

A full classification of the subtaxa is too large to display here

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: semi-infaunalf
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2023-11-13 01:05:01
Modified: 2023-11-13 01:05:01
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Fearon and Clapham 2023, Turnsek 1997, Aberhan 1992

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Asselian to the top of the Holocene or 298.90000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 295.5 Ma

Collections (2014 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Czech Republic (Krkonose) Remia pinnatifida (232614)
Lacian - Sevatian221.5 - 205.6USA (New Mexico) Rioarribia schrami (62311)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France Portunus jurensis (226086)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Austria Doerflesia ornata, Tenuihomola longa, Tenuihomola ortwini, Tithonohomola tuberculata (89462)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Czech Republic Oxythyreus armatus (189840) Prosopon longum (170329)
Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Czech Republic Doerflesia ornata, Tenuihomola longa, Tithonohomola tuberculata (89472)
Neocomian145.0 - 125.77USA (Texas) Homolopsis pikeae (235368)
Cretaceous145.0 - 66.0United Kingdom (Wilmington) Calappa cranium (235458)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4France (Marne) Etyus martini, Notopocorystes carteri, Notopocorystes stokesi (233997)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4France (Yonne) Homolopsis tuberculata, Paranecrocarcinus hexagonalis (139705) Xanthopsis spp. (139205)
Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian130.0 - 122.46Brazil (Pernambuco) Araripecarcinus ferreirai (235323)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Japan Xanthosia sakoi (226205 235331)
Barremian - Aptian129.4 - 113.0Brazil (Propriá) Protohymenosoma gondwanicum, Protohymenosoma hexagonale, Eureotropis elongata (235328)
Barremian - Albian129.4 - 100.5France (Doubs) Notopocorystes stokesi (233998)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0United Kingdom (England) Enodicarcinus atherfieldensis (86974) Mithracites vectensis (1746) Vectis echinorum (171804) Vectis wrighti (1747)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Switzerland (Sainte-Croix) Etyus martini, Homolopsis edwardsi, Notopocorystes broderipi, Notopocorystes carteri, Notopocorystes stokesi (139704)
Aptian - Albian125.0 - 100.5Brazil (Pernambuco) Chronocancer camilosantanai (232215)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0USA (Texas) Caloxanthus americanus, Prehepatus pawpawensis (141171)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Colombia (Santander) Bellcarcinus aptiensis (228510) Colombicarcinus laevis (228517) Mithracites takedai (228519)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Spain Paranecrocarcinus xivertensis, Necrocarcinus mariae, Joeranina gaspari, Podotremata indet. (236856)