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Metacarcinus
Taxonomy
Metacarcinus was named by Milne Edwards (1862). It is extant. Its type is Cancer magister.
It was reranked as Cancer (Metacarcinus) by Nations (1975), Karasawa (1993), Berglund and Goedert (1996).
It was assigned to Cancer by Nations (1975), Karasawa (1993), Berglund and Goedert (1996); to Cancridae by Feldmann et al. (2006); and to Cancrinae by Schweitzer and Feldmann (2000), van Bakel et al. (2003), Conkle et al. (2006), Schweitzer et al. (2010), Schweitzer and Feldmann (2019).
It was reranked as Cancer (Metacarcinus) by Nations (1975), Karasawa (1993), Berglund and Goedert (1996).
It was assigned to Cancer by Nations (1975), Karasawa (1993), Berglund and Goedert (1996); to Cancridae by Feldmann et al. (2006); and to Cancrinae by Schweitzer and Feldmann (2000), van Bakel et al. (2003), Conkle et al. (2006), Schweitzer et al. (2010), Schweitzer and Feldmann (2019).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1862 | Metacarcinus Milne Edwards |
| 1975 | Cancer (Metacarcinus) Nations p. 23 |
| 1993 | Cancer (Metacarcinus) Karasawa p. 50 |
| 1996 | Cancer (Metacarcinus) Berglund and Goedert p. 830 |
| 2000 | Metacarcinus Schweitzer and Feldmann p. 226 |
| 2003 | Metacarcinus van Bakel et al. p. 103 |
| 2006 | Metacarcinus Conkle et al. p. 53 |
| 2006 | Metacarcinus Feldmann et al. |
| 2010 | Metacarcinus Schweitzer et al. p. 102 |
| 2019 | Metacarcinus Schweitzer and Feldmann p. 4 |
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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. Metacarcinus Milne Edwards 1862
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Cancer (Metacarcinus) magister Dana 1852 [dungeness crab]
Metacarcinus anthonyi Rathbun 1897 [yellow rock crab]
†Metacarcinus danai Nations 1975
†Metacarcinus davidi Nations 1968
†Metacarcinus goederti Schweitzer and Feldmann 2000
Metacarcinus gracilis Dana 1852 [graceful rock crab]
†Metacarcinus granti Rathbun 1932
†Metacarcinus izumoensis Sakumoto et al. 1992
†Metacarcinus jenniferae Nations 1975
Metacarcinus magister Dana 1852 [dungeness crab]
†Metacarcinus minutoserratus Nagao 1940
Metacarcinus novaezelandiae Jacquinot 1853
†Metacarcinus starri Berglund and Goedert 1996
†Metacarcinus tenax van Bakel et al. 2003
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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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
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.03 Ma
Collections (57 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Lutetian | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | M. sp. (226557) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | USA (Washington) | Cancer starri (202149 202150) | |
| Miocene | USA (Alaska) | M. goederti (68718) | |
| Burdigalian | USA (California) | Cancer davidi (226592) | |
| Burdigalian | Argentina | M. sp. (43002) | |
| Langhian | USA (California) | Cancer davidi (226591 226604) | |
| Middle Miocene | Japan (Shimane) | Cancer izumoensis (127708) | |
| Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene | USA (Alaska) | M. goederti (140152 226556) | |
| Serravallian | USA (California) | Cancer danai (226541) | |
| Waiauan | New Zealand | M. novaezelandiae (191848 191849) | |
| Messinian | USA (Oregon) | Cancer magister (226463) | |
| Zanclean | USA (California) | Cancer jenniferae, Cancer davidi (226479) Cancer magister (226475) | |
| Pliocene | USA (California) | Cancer davidi (199732) | |
| Piacenzian | Belgium | M. tenax (221312) | |
| Piacenzian | USA (California) | Cancer anthonyi (226462) Cancer anthonyi, Cancer magister (226488) Cancer gracilis (226581 226593) Cancer granti (135994) | |
| Gelasian | New Zealand | M. novaezelandiae (68043 191846 191847) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (California) | M. gracilis (138719) | |
| Pleistocene - Holocene | USA (California) | M. anthonyi, M. gracilis (138721) M. gracilis (138722) | |
| Calabrian | USA (California) | Cancer anthonyi (226545) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | USA (California) | Cancer gracilis (219031 219033 219034 219857) Cancer gracilis, Cancer anthonyi (20639) Cancer gracilis, Cancer magister (226580 226584) Cancer magister (226460 226473 226480 226481 226539) M. magister, M. gracilis (138723) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | USA (Oregon) | Cancer magister (226483 226484 226485 226487) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | Cancer anthonyi (226576) Cancer anthonyi, Cancer gracilis (59063) Cancer gracilis (226579 226606) Cancer gracilis, Cancer magister (226585) Cancer magister (226596) Cancer magister, Cancer gracilis (219032) Cancer magister, Cancer gracilis, Cancer anthonyi (160361) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Mexico | Cancer anthonyi (226471) |