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Dinochelus

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Nephropidae

Taxonomy
Dinochelus was named by Ahyong et al. (2010). It is extant.

It was assigned to Nephropidae by Feldmann et al. (2016) and Fraaije et al. (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Dinochelus Ahyong et al.
2016Dinochelus Feldmann et al. p. 16
2018Dinochelus Fraaije et al. p. 505

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
RankNameAuthor
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
infraorderAstacideaLatreille 1802
HomaridaScholtz and Richter 1995
superfamilyNephropoideaDana 1852
familyNephropidaeDana 1852
genusDinochelusAhyong et al. 2010

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. Dinochelus Ahyong et al. 2010
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Dinochelus radwanskii Fraaije et al. 2018
Dinochelus steeplensis Tshudy and Saward 2012
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: infaunalsuperf
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-11-16 16:13:02
Modified: 2022-11-16 16:13:02
Source: superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan 1992, Turnsek 1997, Fearon and Clapham 2023

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian to the top of the Ypresian or 70.60000 to 47.80000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Poland D. radwanskii (226519)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) Ctenocheles sp. (76601) D. steeplensis (81055 136001 178965 179765 179781 186808 226512 226516 226605)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom D. steeplensis (165972)