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Sphaeromatidae

Malacostraca - Isopoda - Sphaeromatidae

Taxonomy
Sphaeromatidae was named by Latreille (1825).

It was assigned to Sphaeromatoidea by Jones et al. (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1825Sphaeromatidae Latreille
2014Sphaeromatidae Jones et al. p. 745

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
RankNameAuthor
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
—CaridoidaHessler 1982
superorderPeracaridaCalman 1904
—Mancoida
orderIsopodaLatreille 1817
suborderSphaeromatideaWägele 1989
superfamilySphaeromatoideaLatreille 1825
familySphaeromatidaeLatreille 1825
familySphaeromatidaeLatreille 1825

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. †Sphaeromatidae Latreille 1825
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Subfm. †Dynameninae Bowmann 1981
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G. †Dynamenella Hansen 1905
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†Dynamenella miettoi De Angeli and Lovato 2011
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†Sphaeroma gasparellai De Angeli and Lovato 2009
†Sphaeroma montefallanoense Jones et al. 2014
†Sphaeroma serratus Fabricius 1787
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Diet: omnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-02-03 08:12:00
Modified: 2010-02-04 15:07:01
Source: c = class
Reference: Aberhan 1992

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Bajocian to the top of the Early/Lower Oligocene or 170.30000 to 28.40000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 166.1 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bajocian - Bathonian170.3 - 166.1Italy Sphaeroma montefallanoense (207103)
Cretaceous145.0 - 66.0Mexico (Chiapas) S. sp. (133546)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Mexico (Chiapas) Sphaeromatidae indet. (68835)
Paleogene66.0 - 23.03Mexico (Jalisco) Sphaeroma burkartii (133544)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Italy Sphaeroma gasparellai (55239)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Italy Dynamenella miettoi (207553)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Italy (Vicenza) Sphaeroma gasparellai (184969)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Oman (Dhofar) Sphaeroma sp. (175334)