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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4646196	https://www.gbif.org/species/4646196
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	22659	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=22659

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Aethridae : Prehepatus

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Prehepatus

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Ecdysozoa
-	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
subphylum	Mandibulata
-	Pancrustacea
subphylum	Crustacea	Brünnich 1772
class	Malacostraca	Latreille 1802
superorder	Eucarida	Calman 1904
order	Decapoda	Latreille 1802
-	Meiura	Saint Laurent 1980
infraorder	Brachyura	Latreille 1802
superfamily	Dromioidea	De Haan 1833
genus	Prehepatus	Rathbun 1935

Scientific Name

Prehepatus Rathbun, 1935

Name Published In

Sped. Pap. Geol. Soc. Amer., No. 2

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Prehepatus	genus	belongs to Calappidae	stated without evidence	Rathbun, 1935
Prehepatus	genus	belongs to Matutinae	stated without evidence	Fraaye and Collins, 1987
Prehepatus	genus	belongs to Decapoda	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Prehepatus	genus	belongs to Hepatidae	stated without evidence	Schweitzer et al., 2006
Prehepatus	genus	belongs to Aethridae	stated without evidence	Armstrong et al., 2009
Prehepatus	genus	belongs to Dromioidea	stated without evidence	Luque et al., 2017

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

145 - 101 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Last Recorded Appearance

48.6 - 37.2 Ma
Eocene

Motility

actively mobile (based on Malacostraca)

Vision

well-developed (based on Malacostraca)

Diet

carnivore (based on Decapoda)

Taphonomy

chitin (based on Malacostraca)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

M. J. Rathbun. 1935. Fossil Crustacea of the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain. Geological Society of America Special Paper (2):1-160

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Prehepatus cretaceous ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	145 Ma Late Jurassic	145 Ma Late Jurassic
Prehepatus cretaceus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Prehepatus dilksi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Prehepatus harrisi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Prehepatus hodgesi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Prehepatus lenolensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Prehepatus mexicanus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	48.6 Ma Eocene	48.6 Ma Eocene
Prehepatus pawpawensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	145 Ma Late Jurassic	145 Ma Late Jurassic
Prehepatus werneri ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1935	Prehepatus Rathbun p. 47
1987	Prehepatus Fraaye and Collins p. 549
2002	Prehepatus Sepkoski, Jr.
2006	Prehepatus Schweitzer et al. p. 24 figs. Table 1
2009	Prehepatus Armstrong et al. p. 753
2010	Prehepatus Schweitzer et al. pp. 32-33
2017	Prehepatus Luque et al. p. 40

References

Rathbun M. J. (1935) Fossil Crustacea of the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain, Geological Society of America Special Paper 2, 1-160

Fraaye R. H. B., Collins J. S. H. (1987) A new crab, Prehepatus werneri (Crustacea: Decapoda), from the Maastrichtian of the Netherlands, Journal of Paleontology 61 3, 549-551

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Schweitzer C. E., Feldmann R. M., et al (2006) New Decapoda (Anomura, Brachyura) from the Eocene Bateque and Tepetate Formations, Baja California Sur, Mexico, Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 33, 21-45

Schweitzer C. E., Salva E. W., et al (1999) Re-Evaluation of the Genus Xanthosia Bell, 1863 (Decapoda: Brachyura: Xanthidae)and Description of Two New Species from the Cretaceous of Texas, Journal of Paleontology 73 1, 77-89

Schweitzer C. E., Feldmann R. M., et al (2010) Systematic list of fossil decapod crustacean species, Crustaceana Monographs 10, 1-222

Luque J., Schweitzer C. E., et al (2017) Checklist of fossil decapod crustaceans from tropical America. Part I: Anomura and Brachyura, Nauplius 25, e2017025 doi:10.1590/2358-2936e2017025

De Grave, S., Pentcheff, N.D., Ahyong, S.T., Chan, T.-Y., Crandall, K.A., Dworschak, P.C., Felder, D.L., Feldmann, R.M., Fransen, C.H.J.M., Goulding, L.Y.D., Lemaitre, R., Low, M.E.Y., Martin, J.W., Ng, P.K.L., Schweitzer, C.E., Tan, S.H., Tshudy, D. & Wetzer, R. (2009). A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. supplement 21: 1-109. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sped. Pap. Geol. Soc. Amer., No. 2 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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