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Trichodactylidae

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Trichodactylidae

Taxonomy
Trichodactylidae was named by Milne-Edwards (1853). It is extant. Its type is Trichodactylus.

It was assigned to Trichodactyloidea by Schweitzer et al. (2010), Luque et al. (2017) and Schweitzer and Feldmann (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1853Trichodactylidae Milne-Edwards
2010Trichodactylidae Schweitzer et al. p. 114
2017Trichodactylidae Luque et al. p. 13
2020Trichodactylidae Schweitzer and Feldmann p. 1

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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
classMalacostraca()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
Reptantia(Boas)
MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderBrachyura()
Eubrachyurade Saint Laurent 1980
HeterotremataGuinot 1977
superfamilyTrichodactyloideaMilne-Edwards 1853
familyTrichodactylidaeMilne-Edwards 1853
familyTrichodactylidaeMilne-Edwards 1853

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. Trichodactylidae Milne-Edwards 1853
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Subfm. Dilocarcininae Pretzmann 1978
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G. Sylviocarcinus Milne-Edwards 1853
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Subfm. Trichodactylinae Milne-Edwards 1853
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G. Trichodactylus Latreille 1828
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Priabonian to the top of the Laventan or 38.00000 to 11.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 37.71 Ma

Collections (36 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Peru (Loreto) Trichodactylidae indet. (176140 176151)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Peru Trichodactylidae indet. (176131 176136 176139 176154)
Priabonian - Rupelian38.0 - 28.1Peru (Loreto) Trichodactylidae indet. (144474)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Peru (San Martin) Trichodactylidae indet. (225588)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Peru Trichodactylidae indet. (199559 199561 199563 225590)
Rupelian - Chattian33.9 - 23.03Peru Trichodactylidae indet. (199560 199562)
Rupelian - Chattian33.9 - 23.03Peru (Loreto) Trichodactylidae indet. (176129)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Peru (Loreto) Trichodactylidae indet. (176130)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246Peru Trichodactylidae indet. (176156)
Laventan13.8 - 11.0Colombia (Huila) Sylviocarcinus piriformis (186605 186606 186607 186608 186609 186610 186621 186623 186626 186627 186628 186629 186630)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Peru Trichodactylidae indet. (176133 176162)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Brazil (Amazonas) Trichodactylidae indet. (224385 224386 224387)
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene11.608 - 2.588Peru Trichodactylidae indet. (176132)