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Xanthidae (stone crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Xanthidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1838Xanthidae MacLeay
1918Xanthidae Rathbun p. 171
1926Xanthidae Rathbun p. 47
1935Xanthidae Stenzel p. 382
1980Xanthidae Squires p. 473
1992Xanthidae Collins and Wienberg Rasmussen p. 38
1992Xanthidae Feldmann and Keys p. 10
1995Xanthidae Feldmann et al. p. 11
1997Xanthidae Tiwari et al. p. 131
1999Xanthidae Squires p. 28
2000Xanthidae Schweitzer et al. p. 37
2001Xanthidae Vega et al. p. 940
2002Xanthidae Schweitzer and Feldmann p. 961
2003Xanthidae Collins et al. p. 215
2003Xanthidae Feldmann et al. p. 152
2005Xanthidae Schweitzer p. 277
2006Xanthidae Karasawa and Schweitzer p. 50
2010Xanthidae Schweitzer et al. p. 124
2017Xanthidae Luque et al. p. 32
2019Xanthidae Wolfe et al.
2021Xanthidae Schweitzer et al. p. 12

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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
superfamilyXanthoideaMacLeay 1838
familyXanthidae
familyXanthidae

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. Xanthidae MacLeay 1838 [stone crab]
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Subfm. Actaeinae Alcock 1898
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G. Actaea De Haan 1833
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Actaea acantha Milne-Edwards 1834
Actaea bifrons Rathbun 1898
Actaea calzadai Muller 1984
Actaea cretacea Rathbun 1935
Actaea persica Milne-Edwards 1865
Actaea polyacantha Heller 1861
Actaea pura Stimpson 1859
Actaea rufopunctata Milne-Edwards 1834
Actaea semblatae Guinot 1976
Actaea tropicana Hu and Tao 1996
Actaea turcocampestris Muller 1984
G. Actaeodes Dana 1851
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Actaeodes tomentosus Milne-Edwards 1834
G. †Actaeops Portell and Collins 2004
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Actaeops frontalis Portell and Collins 2004
G. †Eoxanthops Beschin et al. 2016
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Eoxanthops scutatus Beschin et al. 2016
G. Forestiana Guinot and Low 2010
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Invalid names: Forestia Guinot 1976 [replaced]
G. Gaillardiellus Guinot 1976
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G. Heteractaea Lockington 1877
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Heteractaea lunata Milne Edwards and Lucas 1843
G. †Lambropsis Lorenthey 1909
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Lambropsis wanneri Lorenthey 1909
G. Paractaea Guinot 1969
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G. †Phlyctenodes Milne-Edwards 1862
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Phlyctenodes dalpiazi Fabiani 1911
Phlyctenodes depressus Milne Edwards 1865
Phlyctenodes edwardsi Beschin et al. 2016
Phlyctenodes irregularis Ristori 1896
Phlyctenodes krenneri Lörenthey 1898
Phlyctenodes multituberculatus Beschin et al. 2007
Phlyctenodes nicolisi Bittner 1884
Phlyctenodes pustulosus Milne-Edwards 1862
Phlyctenodes steinmanni Lorenthey 1902
Phlyctenodes tuberculosus Milne-Edwards 1862
G. †Pseudophlyctenodes Busulini 2006
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Pseudophlyctenodes hantkenii Lörenthey 1898
G. Serenius Guinot 1976
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Serenius ceylonicus Laurie 1906
Subfm. Chlorodiellinae Ng and Holthuis 2007
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G. Chlorodiella Rathbun 1897
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Chlorodiella elenae de Angeli and Alberti 2015
Chlorodiella juglans Muller 1984
Chlorodiella junghuhni Martin 1879
Chlorodiella loczyi Muller 1984
Chlorodiella mediterranea Lorenthey 1929
Chlorodiella nigra Forskal 1775
Chlorodiella occidentalis Portell and Collins 2004
G. Cyclodius Dana 1851
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Cyclodius ungulatus Milne-Edwards 1834
G. Pilodius Dana 1851
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Pilodius granulatus Stimpson 1859
Pilodius nigrocrinitus Stimpson 1859
Pilodius parvus Karasawa 1993
Pilodius pugil Dana 1852
Pilodius vulgaris Glaessner 1928
Invalid names: Chlorodinae Dana 1851 [invalid subgroup]
Subfm. Cymoinae Alcock 1898
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G. Cymo De Haan 1833
Subfm. Etisinae Ortmann 1893
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G. Etisus Milne-Edwards 1834
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Etisus arduinoi Beschin et al. 2007
Etisus dentatus Herbst 1785
Etisus javanicus Van Straelen 1938
Etisus laevimanus Randall 1839
Etisus pleistocenicus Hu and Tao 2000
Etisus splendidus Rathbun 1906
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Invalid names: Etisus doucerei Kowalski 1923 [synonym]
Invalid names: Etisodes Rathbun 1945 [synonym]
Subfm. Euxanthinae Alcock 1898
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G. Euxanthus Dana 1851
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Euxanthus multipunctulatus Hu and Tao 1996
G. Hypocolpus Rathbun 1897
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Hypocolpus abbotti Rathbun 1894
G. Lipaesthesius Rathbun 1898
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Lipaesthesius quadratus Rathbun 1945
G. †Madaeus Dana 1851
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Madaeus mbalavuensis Rathbun 1945
Madaeus variabilis Rathbun 1945
G. Medaeops Guinot 1967
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Medaeops megamiensis Karasawa 1993
G. Medaeus Dana 1851
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Medaeus granulatus Martin 1880
Medaeus granulosus Martin 1879
Medaeus mbalavuensis Rathbun 1945
Medaeus variabilis Rathbun 1945
G. Monodaeus Guinot 1967
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Monodaeus bortolottii Delle Cave 1988
Monodaeus couchii Couch 1851 [Couch rubble crab]
Subfm. Glyptoxanthinae Mendoza and Guinot 2011
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G. Glyptoxanthus Milne-Edwards 1879
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Glyptoxanthus primitivus Muller 1993
Subfm. Liomerinae Sakai 1976
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G. Liomera Dana 1851
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Liomera cinctimana White 1847
Liomera laevis Milne-Edwards 1873
Liomera monticulosa Milne-Edwards 1873
Liomera rubra Milne-Edwards 1865
Liomera stimpsonii Milne-Edwards 1865
Liomera sublensisdup Rathbun 1945
Liomera transversa Hu 1983
Liomera venosa Milne-Edwards 1834
Invalid names: Carpilodes Dana 1851 [synonym]
G. Neoliomera Odhner 1925
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Neoliomera insularis Adams and White 1849
Neoliomera kuohwai Hu 1981
Neoliomera minuta Beschin et al. 2015
Neoliomera paleogenica Beschin et al. 2007
Neoliomera pubescens Milne-Edwards 1834
Neoliomera zovoensis De Angeli and Garassino 2020
G. †Neomeria Hu and Tao 1996
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Neomeria lelingae Hu 1981
Subfm. Polydectinae Dana 1851
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G. Lybia Milne Edwards 1834
G. Polydectus Milne-Edwards 1837
Subfm. Speocarcininae Stevcic 2005
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G. Speocarcinus Stimpson 1862
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Speocarcinus berglundi Tucker 1994
Speocarcinus latus Beschin et al. 2016
Speocarcinus tuberculatus Beschin et al. 2005
Subfm. Xanthinae MacLeay 1838
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G. Cycloxanthops Rathbun 1897
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Cycloxanthops eous Rathbun 1945
Cycloxanthops novemdentatus Lockington 1876
G. Demania Laurie 1906
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Demania chayiensis Hu 1981
Demania cultripes Alcock 1898
Demania pilipinas Karasawa 2008
Demania reynaudii Milne-Edwards 1834
Demania scaberrima Walker 1887
Demania wardi Garth and Ng 1985
G. Garthiope Guinot 1990
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Garthiope spinipes Milne-Edwards 1988
Garthiope spinipesdup Milne-Edwards 1880
G. Lachnopodus Stimpson 1859
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Lachnopodus bidentatus Milne-Edwards 1867
Lachnopodus murdjadjensis Saint Martin and Muller 1988
Lachnopodus subacutus Stimpson 1859
G. Leotodius Milne-Edwards 1863
G. Leptodius Milne-Edwards 1863
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Leptodius crosnieri Karasawa 1993
Leptodius granulatus Portell and Collins 2004
Leptodius morrisi Karasawa 1993
G. Liagore De Haan 1833
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Liagore rubromaculata De Haan 1835
G. Macromedaeus Ward 1942
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G. †Megamia Karasawa 1993
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Megamia anaglypta Karasawa 1993
G. Metopoxantho De Man 1904
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G. Micropanope Stimpson 1871
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Micropanope nuttingi Rathbun 1898
Micropanope polita Rathbun 1893
Micropanope pulcherrima Portell and Collins 2004
G. Nanocassiope Guinot 1967
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Nanocassiope alcocki Rathbun 1902
Nanocassiope melanodactylus Milne-Edwards 1867
Nanocassiope secretanae Beschin et al. 2016
G. †Palaeoxanthops Karasawa 1993
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Palaeoxanthops minutus Karasawa 1993
Palaeoxanthops okumurai Karasawa 1993
G. Paraxanthias Odhner 1925
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Paraxanthias fujiyamai Karasawa 1993
G. Paraxanthodes Guinot 1967
G. Paraxanthus Lucas 1844
G. Xanthias Rathbun 1897
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Xanthias maculatus Forskal 1775
Xanthias miocenicus Collins et al. 2003
Xanthias similis Hu 1983
Invalid names: Xanthodes Dana 1852 [synonym]
G. Xantho Leach 1804
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Xantho agassizi Robineau-Desvoidy 1849
Xantho edwardsi Sismonda 1846
Xantho granulosus Ruppell 1830
Xantho hydrophilus Herbst 1790
Xantho incisus Leach 1814
Xantho lovisatoi Lorenthey 1907
Xantho moldavicus Yanakevich 1977
Xantho vitiensis Rathbun 1945
G. Xanthodius Stimpson 1862
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Xanthodius falconensis Schweitzer et al. 2021
Xanthodius kambaraensis Rathbun 1945
G. †Xanthopsis M'Coy 1849
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Xanthopsis africana Remu and Tessier 1954
Xanthopsis bittneri Lörenthey 1898
Xanthopsis brasiliana Maury 1930
Xanthopsis bruckmanni von Meyer 1862
Xanthopsis cretacea Rathbun 1902
Xanthopsis errans Woods 1922
Xanthopsis kressenbergensis von Meyer 1862
Xanthopsis lutugini Likharev 1917
Subfm. †Zalasiinae Serene 1968
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G. Banareia Milne-Edwards 1869
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Banareia kraussi Heller 1861
Banareia odhneri Sakai 1974
G. Zalasius Rathbun 1897
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Invalid names: Trichia De Haan 1839 [replaced]
Subfm. Zosiminae Alcock 1898
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G. Atergatis De Haan 1835
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Atergatis dilatatus De Haan 1835
Atergatis dubius Milne-Edwards 1862
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Invalid names: Atergatis kymikis Hu and Tao 1996 [synonym]
Atergatis laddi Rathbun 1945
Atergatis latissimus Milne-Edwards 1834
Atergatis pyroticus Hu and Tao 1996
G. Atergatopsis Milne-Edwards 1862
G. Platypodia Bell 1836
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Platypodia granulosa Ruppell 1830
G. Zosimus Leach 1825
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Zosimus aeneus Linnaeus 1758 [devil reef crab]
Zosimus jeneweni Hu and Tao 2000
Zosimus poxus Hu and Tao 1996
Invalid names: Antrocarcininae Ng and Chia 1994 [empty], Garthiellinae Mendoxa and Manuel-Santos 2012 [empty], Kraussiinae Ng 1993 [empty]
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 16:35:07
Modified: 2022-11-16 16:35:07
Source: superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class
References: Fearon and Clapham 2023, Turnsek 1997, Aberhan 1992

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Hauterivian to the top of the Holocene or 132.90000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 129.4 Ma

Collections (168 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4France (Yonne) Xanthopsis spp. (139205)
Early/Lower Albian - Middle Albian112.03 - 105.3France (Yonne) Xantho agassizi (146256)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6USA (Texas) Actaea cretacea (141174)
Maastrichtian - Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Brazil (Paraíba) Xanthopsis cretacea, Xanthopsis brasiliana (88070)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Alabama) Xanthidae sp. B, Xanthidae sp. A (83238)
Danian66.0 - 61.6India (Tamil Nadu) Neomeria sp. (215196)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Alabama) Xanthidae sp. (83297) Xanthidae sp. A (83261)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Alabama) Xanthidae sp. (142896)
Paleogene66.0 - 23.03Hungary (Budapest) Phlyctenodes krenneri, Phlyctenodes steinmanni (138811)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Italy (Vicenze) Phlyctenodes multituberculatus, Etisus arduinoi (127545)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Italy Chlorodiella indet., Phlyctenodes multituberculatus, Etisus arduinoi, Neoliomera paleogenica (140158) Etisus arduinoi (207557) Neoliomera zovoensis (207474) Phlyctenodes krenneri, Phlyctenodes multituberculatus, Etisus arduinoi (207471) Phlyctenodes krenneri, Phlyctenodes multituberculatus, Phlyctenodes tuberculosus, Etisus arduinoi, Eoxanthops scutatus, Nanocassiope secretanae, Phlyctenodes edwardsi, Speocarcinus latus (207470)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Volgograd) Xanthopsis sp. (200978)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Spain Xanthopsis indet. (138288)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Spain (Cantabria) Xanthopsis indet. (233214)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Peru (Talara) Xanthopsis errans (165441)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Hungary Phlyctenodes krenneri, Phlyctenodes hantkeni (207773)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Pakistan Xanthidae indet. (45621)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Italy Phlyctenodes krenneri, Phlyctenodes multituberculatus, Etisus arduinoi, Neoliomera minuta (207556) Phlyctenodes nicolisi (77119) Phlyctenodes pustulosus (226785) Phlyctenodes pustulosus, Phlyctenodes steinmanni, Paraxanthosia tuberculata (207553) Phlyctenodes steinmanni (226614)
Lutetian - Priabonian47.8 - 33.9Egypt Lambropsis wanneri (232605)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Colombia Xanthopsis sp. (88278)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Egypt Xanthopsis sp. (97545)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Italy Chlorodiella elenae (226534)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Italy Phlyctenodes dalpiazi, Phlyctenodes krenneri, Phlyctenodes steinmanni, Phlyctenodes tuberculosus, Etisus arduinoi, Neoliomera sp. (207550) Phlyctenodes tuberculosus (207785) Xanthopsis kressenbergensis (81043)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Germany (Bavaria) Xantho sp. (10703)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Tonga Xanthidae indet. (43006)
Priabonian - Rupelian38.0 - 28.1USA (Washington) Pilodius vulgaris (139188)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (New Jersey) Xanthidae indet. (92770)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Oman (Dhofar) Atergatis sp. (175334)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4USA (Washington) Pilodius vulgaris (139187 139453)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Canada (British Columbia) Pilodius vulgaris (139174)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Italy (Vicenza) Xantho sp. (147005)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03USA (Washington) Pilodius vulgaris (139186 139190 139441 139442 139444 139445 139446 139447 139450 139452 139455 139456 139457 139458 139459 139460 139462 139463 139468 139524 139527)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03USA (Oregon) Pilodius vulgaris (139022 139528 139529 139530 139532 139533 139534 139535 139536 139537)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Hungary Xanthopsis bittneri (207774)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Canada (British Columbia) Pilodius vulgaris (139011 139173 139175 139178 139184)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03USA (Washington) Pilodius vulgaris (139525 139526)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Canada (British Columbia) Pilodius vulgaris (139172)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Jamaica Actaeops frontalis, Chlorodiella occidentalis, Leptodius granulatus, Micropanope pulcherrima (228737)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Fiji Medaeus mbalavuensis (136573) Xanthodius kambaraensis (136574)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India Xantho sp. (78641)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India (Mizoram) Xantho sp. (42760)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608Japan (Shizuoka) Pilodius parvus, Medaeops megamiensis, Liomera sp., Leptodius crosnieri, Leptodius morrisi, Megamia anaglypta, Palaeoxanthops minutus, Palaeoxanthops okumurai, Paraxanthias fujiyamai, Lybia sp. (202476)
Neogene23.03 - 2.58Poland Pilodius sp., Chlorodiella mediterranea (139754)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Ukraine Chlorodiella mediterranea, Xantho moldavicus (66971)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Fiji Medaeus mbalavuensis (68330)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Hungary Chlorodiella juglans, Chlorodiella mediterranea, Xantho moldavicus (34739)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Austria Titanocarcinus vulgaris, Pilodius vulgaris, Xantho moldavicus (141124)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Moldova Medaeus moldavica (78643 78648)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Hungary Actaea turcocampestris, Chlorodiella mediterranea, Xantho moldavicus (207755) Chlorodiella loczyi, Chlorodiella mediterranea, Xantho moldavicus (149366) Chlorodiella mediterranea, Xantho moldavicus (207751 207754) Xantho incisus (138128 138812 140154) Xantho moldavicus (133113 207750 207752 207753)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Poland Chlorodiella mediterranea (32515 32516) Xantho moldavicus (139755)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Dominican Republic Xanthidae indet. (58817)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Malaysia (Sabah) Xanthias miocenicus (185833 185834 185835 185836 185837 185845 185846 185847 185848 185850 185852 185854 185856)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia Chlorodius junghuhni, Medaeus granulosus (70099)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Fiji Chlorodiella junghuhni (78061)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy Actaea sp. (69922)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria Actaea calzadai (70882 70885) Lachnopodus murdjadjensis (70786)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Malta Xantho moldavicus (131977) Xantho sp. (140979)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Fiji Carpilodes sublenis, Lipaesthesius quadratus, Atergatis laddi, Etisodes ornata, Medaeus mbalavuensis, Medaeus variabilis, Plagiolophus vitiensis (136142) Carpilodes sublenis, Medaeus nbalavuensis, Xantho acutispinus, Lipaesthesius quadratus, Atergatis laddi, Etisodes ornata, Medaeus variabilis, Plagiolophus vitiensis (68181) Cycloxanthops eous, Medaeus mbalavuensis (68180 136139)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Italy (Grosseto) Monodaeus bortolottii (221599)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Costa Rica (Limon) Micropanope sp. (228538)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Jamaica Micropanope spinipes (228744)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Panama (Bocas del Toro) Heteractaea lunata (228706) Micropanope sp. (228703)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.806Costa Rica Heteractaea lunata (135452)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781Costa Rica (Limon) Heteractaea lunata (228547) Micropanope sp. (228548)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Philippines (Mindanao) Demania sp., Demania pilipinas, Liagore rubromaculata (224586)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Barbados Actaea rufopunctata (185890)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Malaysia (Sarawak) Cyclodius ungulatus (175180)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0USA (California) Cycloxanthops novemdentatus (138722)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Italy Monodaeus bortolottii (234404 234405)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Cycloxanthops novemdentatus (59063) Speocarcinus californiensis, Cycloxanthops novemdentatus (160361)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain Xantho sp. (215657)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Jamaica Actaea bifrons, Actaea acantha, Micropanope truncatiformis (185031) Micropanope spinipes (228847)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Cycloxanthops novemdentatus (194405 194407) Xanthidae indet. (194429)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Fiji Etisus laevimanus (136023)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Flrida) Actaea erosa, Xanthodius sternberghii (146568)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) Xanthodius americanus, Actaea nodosa (147239)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Califormia) Xantho belia, Xanthodes taylori (146589)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Panama Actaea labyrinthica, Atergatis lobatus, Xantho vittata (147250)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Spain Xantho sp. (215740)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Washington) Xantho bella (146593)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mexico Actaea sulcata, Atergatis rotundatus, Xantho lamellipes, Xantho viltata, Xantho denticulata, Xanthodius hebes (147227)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (South Carolina) Speocarcinus carolinensis (146572)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Barbados Xanthodius americanus (146587)