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Euphylax
Taxonomy
Euphylax was named by Stimpson (1862) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-u R]. It is extant. Its type is Euphylax dovii.
It was assigned to Decapoda by Sepkoski (2002); to Portunidae by Stimpson (1860), Rathbun (1918), Karasawa and Schweitzer (2006); to Podophthalmidae by Karasawa and Fudouji (2000), Schweitzer et al. (2006), Karasawa et al. (2008), Luque et al. (2017); and to Podophthalminae by Schweitzer et al. (2010), Schweitzer et al. (2021).
It was assigned to Decapoda by Sepkoski (2002); to Portunidae by Stimpson (1860), Rathbun (1918), Karasawa and Schweitzer (2006); to Podophthalmidae by Karasawa and Fudouji (2000), Schweitzer et al. (2006), Karasawa et al. (2008), Luque et al. (2017); and to Podophthalminae by Schweitzer et al. (2010), Schweitzer et al. (2021).
Species
E. callinecias, E. callinectias, E. domingensis, E. dovii (type species), E. fortis, E. fortispinosus, E. maculatus, E. septendentatus
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1860 | Euphylax Stimpson |
| 1862 | Euphylax Stimpson |
| 1918 | Euphylax Rathbun p. 165 |
| 2000 | Euphylax Karasawa and Fudouji p. 246 |
| 2002 | Euphylax Sepkoski |
| 2006 | Euphylax Karasawa and Schweitzer p. 61 |
| 2006 | Euphylax Schweitzer et al. p. 125 |
| 2008 | Euphylax Karasawa et al. p. 106 |
| 2010 | Euphylax Schweitzer et al. p. 110 |
| 2017 | Euphylax Luque et al. p. 12 |
| 2021 | Euphylax Schweitzer et al. p. 24 |
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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. Euphylax Stimpson 1862
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†Euphylax callinecias Rathbun 1918
†Euphylax callinectias Rathbun 1918
†Euphylax domingensis Rathbun 1919
Euphylax dovii Stimpson 1860
†Euphylax fortis Rathbun 1918
†Euphylax fortispinosus Collins et al. 2001
†Euphylax maculatus Collins 2005
†Euphylax septendentatus Beurlen 1958
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Fearon and Clapham 2023, Turnsek 1997, Aberhan 1992 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Rupelian to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 33.90000 to 0.78100 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 28.1 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 28.1 Ma
Collections (18 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Rupelian | Japan (Saga) | E. sp. (202441) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Brazil (Para) | E. septendentatus (65162 112590) | |
| Serravallian - Tortonian | Panama (Darien) | E. maculatus (228715) | |
| Tortonian | Panama | E. maculatus (136005) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Mexico (Veracruz) | E. domingensis (228595) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Cuba | E. domingensis (65601 65605) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene | Colombia (Atlántico) | E. maculatus (228493) | |
| Zanclean | Panama (Bocas del Toro) | E. maculatus (228688) | |
| Pliocene | Cuba (Matanzas) | E. domingensis (228534) | |
| Piacenzian | Costa Rica | E. callinectias (226678) E. fortis (135459) | |
| Piacenzian | Panama (Bocas del Toro) | E. maculatus (228696 228697 228704) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Jamaica | E. fortispinosus (185028) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Costa Rica (Puntarenas) | E. maculatus (228536) |