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Palaeocarpilius macrochelus

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Carpiliidae

Taxonomy
Cancer macrochelus was named by Desmarest (1822). It is the type species of Palaeocarpilius.

It was recombined as Palaeocarpilius macrocheilus by Bittner (1875), Bittner (1883), Lörenthey (1898), Schweitzer (2003) and Schweitzer et al. (2010); it was recombined as Palaeocarpilius macrochelus by Beschin et al. (2006), Beschin and De Angeli (2008), De Angeli and Caporiondo (2009), Busulini et al. (2012) and Schweitzer et al. (2018).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1822Cancer macrochelus Desmarest
1859Atergatis platycheilus Reuss
1859Atergatis stenura Reuss
1875Palaeocarpilius macrocheilus Bittner p. 83
1883Palaeocarpilius macrocheilus Bittner p. 311
1895Harpactocarcinus supragigas De Gregorio
1898Palaeocarpilius macrocheilus Lörenthey pp. 13, 36
2003Palaeocarpilius macrocheilus Schweitzer p. 1112
2006Palaeocarpilius macrochelus Beschin et al. p. 107 figs. Pl 3, figs 3,4a,b
2008Palaeocarpilius macrochelus Beschin and De Angeli p. 10 figs. T. 3, ff. 3a, b
2009Palaeocarpilius macrochelus De Angeli and Caporiondo p. 30
2010Palaeocarpilius macrocheilus Schweitzer et al. p. 115
2012Palaeocarpilius macrochelus Busulini et al. p. 55 figs. T. 3, f. 4
2018Palaeocarpilius macrochelus Schweitzer et al. p. 7 fig. 5.2

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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
superfamilyCarpilioidea
familyCarpiliidae
genusPalaeocarpiliusMilne-Edwards 1862
speciesmacrochelus(Desmarest 1822)

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.

Palaeocarpilius macrochelus Desmarest 1822
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Invalid names: Atergatis platycheilus Reuss 1859 [synonym], Atergatis stenura Reuss 1859 [synonym], Harpactocarcinus supragigas De Gregorio 1895 [synonym]
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: Aberhan 1992, Turnsek 1997

Age range: base of the Priabonian to the top of the Early/Lower Oligocene or 38.00000 to 28.40000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Italy Palaeocarpilius macrochelus (207552 207634 207635 226536 226693 226756)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Italy (Vicenza) Palaeocarpilius macrochelus (147005)