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Palaeohomarus

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Nephropidae

Taxonomy
Palaeohomarus was named as a genus. It is not extant.

It was reranked as Homarus (Palaeohomarus) by Glaessner (1969).

It was assigned to Homarus by Glaessner (1969); to Decapoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Nephropidae by Feldmann et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Homarus (Palaeohomarus) Glaessner p. R459
2002Palaeohomarus Sepkoski
2016Palaeohomarus Feldmann et al. p. 23

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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)
infraorderAstacideaLatreille 1802
HomaridaScholtz and Richter 1995
superfamilyNephropoideaDana 1852
familyNephropidaeDana 1852
genusPalaeohomarus

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.

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Palaeohomarus collignoni Van Stralen 1949
Palaeohomarus pacifica Aguirre-Urreta 2012
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: infaunalsuperf
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-11-16 16:13:02
Modified: 2022-11-16 16:13:02
Source: superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class
References: Turnsek 1997, Fearon and Clapham 2023, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Albian or 113.00000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian113.0 - 100.5Madagascar (Mahajanga) P. collignoni (86497)