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Diaulacidae

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Diaulacidae

Taxonomy
Diaulacidae was named by Wright and Collins (1972). Its type is Diaulax.

It was assigned to Dromioidea by Schweitzer et al. (2010), Schweitzer et al. (2012) and Luque et al. (2017).

Subtaxa
Diaulax (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Diaulacidae Wright and Collins
2010Diaulacidae Schweitzer et al.
2012Diaulacidae Schweitzer et al. p. 27
2017Diaulacidae Luque et al. p. 18

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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
RankNameAuthor
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
Reptantia(Boas)
MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderBrachyura()
DromiaceaDe Haan 1833
superfamilyDromioideaDe Haan 1833
familyDiaulacidaeWright and Collins 1972
familyDiaulacidaeWright and Collins 1972

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. †Diaulacidae Wright and Collins 1972
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G. †Diaulax Bell 1863
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Diaulax carteriana Bell 1863
Diaulax feliceps Wright and Collins 1972
Diaulax italica Beschin et al. 2007
Diaulax millerae Bishop 1992
Diaulax oweni Bell 1850
Diaulax rosablanca Gómez et al. 2015
Diaulax yokoii Collins et al. 1993
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: Turnsek 1997, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Valanginian to the top of the Ypresian or 140.20000 to 47.80000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Colombia (Santander) Diaulax rosablanca (228518)
Aptian - Albian125.0 - 100.5United Kingdom (England) Diaulax feliceps (141535)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0United Kingdom (England) Diaulax carteriana (1864)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Japan Diaulax yokoii (185003 185012)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Italy Diaulax italica (140158)