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Dakoticancroidea

Malacostraca - Decapoda

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Dakoticancroideae Rathbun p. 385
2010Dakoticancroidea Schweitzer et al. p. 57
2011Dakoticancroidea Karasawa et al. p. 534
2017Dakoticancroidea Feldmann et al. p. 1
2020Dakoticancroidea Hegna et al. p. 24

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
RankNameAuthor
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
Reptantia(Boas)
MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderBrachyura()
Dakoticancroida
superfamilyDakoticancroidea()
superfamilyDakoticancroidea()

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.

Superfm. †Dakoticancroidea Rathbun 1917
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Fm. †Dakoticancridae Rathbun 1917
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G. †Avitelmessus Rathbun 1923
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Avitelmessus grapsoideus Rathbun 1923
G. †Dakoticancer Rathbun 1917
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Dakoticancer overanus Rathbun 1917
Fm. †Ibericancridae Artal et al. 2008
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G. †Ibericancer Artal et al. 2008
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Ibericancer sanchoi Artal et al. 2008
G. †Sodakus Bishop 1978
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Sodakus mexicanus Vega et al. 1995
G. †Synoriacarcinus Schweitzer et al. 2025
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Synoriacarcinus kauffmani Feldmann et al. 2013
Synoriacarcinus millerae Bishop 1992
G. †Tetracarcinus Weller 1905
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Tetracarcinus australis Rathbun 1935
Invalid names: Parapaguristes Bishop 1986 [synonym], Seorsus Bishop 1988 [synonym]
G. †Tropidicarcinus Schweitzer et al. 2019
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Tropidicarcinus mcanallyae Schweitzer et al. 2019
Tropidicarcinus starnesi Schweitzer et al. 2019
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2008-01-28 11:51:24
Modified: 2022-05-13 13:34:01
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan 1992, Turnsek 1997

Age range: base of the Middle Turonian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 93.90000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (58 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0Mexico (Chiapas) Dakoticancer australis (133542)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (New Mexico) Callianassa sp. (88641) Sodakus grethi (222681)
Middle Turonian - Early/Lower Coniacian93.9 - 85.7USA (New Jersey) Dakoticancer overanus (142360)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Delaware) Seorsus millerae (125956)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (South Dakota) Dakoticancer overanus (142359)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Wyoming) Tetracarcinus subquadratus (142404)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (New Jersey) Tetracarcinus subquadratus (142366 142367 142368 142369)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Delaware) Tetracarcinus subquadratus (235827)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (New Jersey) Tetracarcinus subquadratus (141940)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Spain Ibericancer sanchoi (237948)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Tennessee) Avitelmessus grapsoideus, Dakoticancer overana (88357)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (South Dakota) Dakoticancer overanus (275705)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Delaware) Tetracarcinus subquadratus (221292)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) Dakoticancer overana (134955)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Avitelmessus grapsoideus (140984 142006 142464 142468 142474 142475 142476 142477 142478) Dakoticancer australis (142362)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) Tetracarcinus subquadratus (57916)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0USA (Alabama) Avitelmessus grapsoideus (142000 142458 142461)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Dakoticancer australis, Tetracarcinus subquadratus (139733) Seorsus wadei (235407)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Montana) Dakoticancer overanus (235354)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Mexico (Coahuila) Dakoticancer australis (233862)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) Dakoticancer overana (134956 234106) Sodakus tatankayotankaensis (235356) Sodakus tatankayotankaensis, Dakoticancer overanus (235362)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Texas) Dakoticancer australis (142364)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Mexico (Nuevo Leon) Dakoticancer australis (228601 228602)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Avitelmessus grapsoideus (142092) Parapaguristes tuberculatus (184985)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (North Carolina) Avitelmessus grapsoideus (135757 142420)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Alabama) Avitelmessus grapsoideus (83238)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (mississippi) Tetracarcinus subquadratus (232464)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Mexico (San Luis Potosi) Dakoticancer australis (228598 228599 228600)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Mexico (Nuevo Leon) Sodakus mexicanus, Dakoticancer australis (133558)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Tennessee) Dakoticancer overanus (140914)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) Dakoticancer overanus (90228 90229 90230) Sodakus tatankayotankaensis (235355)