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Geryonidae

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Geryonidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1923Geryonidae Colosi pp. 248-255
2000Geryonidae Schweitzer and Feldmann p. 646
2005Geryonidae Casadio et al.
2006Geryonidae Karasawa and Schweitzer p. 59
2010Geryonidae Schweitzer et al. p. 106
2017Geryonidae Luque et al. p. 17
2019Geryonidae Wolfe et al.
2021Geryonidae Schweitzer et al. p. 13

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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
classMalacostraca()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
Reptantia(Boas)
MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderBrachyura()
Eubrachyurade Saint Laurent 1980
HeterotremataGuinot 1977
superfamilyPortunoideaRafinesque 1815
familyGeryonidaeColosi 1923
familyGeryonidaeColosi 1923

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.

Fm. Geryonidae Colosi 1923
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Subfm. Geryoninae Colosi 1924
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G. †Archaeoplax Stimpson 1863
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Archaeoplax signifera Stimpson 1863
G. Chaceon Manning and Holthuis 1989
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Chaceon heimertingensis Bachmayer and Wagner 1957
Chaceon helmstedtense Bachmeyer and Mundlos 1968
Chaceon marcorilobus Feldmann et al. 2023
Chaceon matsushitai Kato and Koizumi 2001
Chaceon miocenicus Fraaije et al. 2005
Chaceon ottnangensis Bachmayer 1953
Chaceon peruvianus d'Orbigny 1842
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Invalid names: Cancer patagonicus Philippi 1887 [synonym]
Chaceon quadrata Feldmann et al. 2010
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Geryon fenneri Manning and Holthuis 1984
Geryon manningi Feldmann et al. 2010
Subfm. †Ovalipinae Spiridonov 2014
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G. Ovalipes Rathbun 1898
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Ovalipes formosanus Hu and Tao 1996
Ovalipes punctatus De Haan 1833
Ovalipes stephensoni Williams 1976
Invalid names: Anisopus den Haan 1833 [replaced]
G. †Zaraquieyon Manning and Holthuis 1989
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: semi-infaunalsuperf
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-11-16 17:54:45
Modified: 2022-11-16 17:54:45
Source: superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan 1992, Turnsek 1997, Fearon and Clapham 2023

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 48.07000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.03 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Argentina (Santa Cruz) Chaceon peruvianus (202316)
Bartonian - Priabonian41.03 - 33.9Germany Coeloma helmstedtense (46086)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Argentina Chaceon peruvianus (89477 89478 185967 185968)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Chile (Chiloe) Geryon manningi (228524)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Argentina Chaceon peruvianus, Chaceon marcorilobus (43002)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Argentina (Chubut) Chaceon peruvianus (56992 57049 57051)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Denmark Chaceon miocenicus (98312 126567)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Argentina Chaceon peruvianus (41478)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Chile (Valdivia) Chaceon quadrata (228526)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333USA (Massachusetts) Archaeoplax signifera (144204 150647 150648)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Jamaica Ovalipes sp. (228744)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58New Zealand (South Island) Ovalipes sp. (202183)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117New Zealand Ovalipes punctatus (59979)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117South Africa (Western Cape) Ovalipes punctata (110492)