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Erymidae
Description | Erymidae is a family of decapod crustaceans known only from fossils. They survived for 100 million years, from the Permo-Triassic boundary to the Hauterivian. Eleven genera are recognised: From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erymidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source Data |
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Rank | family | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Erymidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Erymidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 127 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 3 (2.4%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 201 - 191 Ma Early Jurassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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) | D. Tshudy and U. Sorhannus. 2000. Jagtia kunradensis, a new genus and species of clawed lobster (Decapoda: Nephropidae) from the Upper Cretaceous (Upper Maastrichtian) Maastricht Formation, the Netherlands. Journal of Paleontology 74(2):224-229 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erymidae |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Clytiopsinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Eryminae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Enoploclytia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 30 | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Eryma genus | listed (PBDB) | 67 | 201 Ma Early Jurassic | 0 Ma Extant | |
Eryma ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Galicia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 164 Ma Middle Jurassic | 156 Ma Jurassic | |
Oosterinkia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | |
Palaeastacus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 15 | 176 Ma Early Jurassic | 101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Pustulina ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 201 Ma Early Jurassic | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Stenodactylina ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1924 | Erymidae Van Straelen |
1926 | Erymaidae Rathbun p. 127 |
1992 | Erymidae Feldmann and Keys p. 9 |
2003 | Erymidae Kiessling |
2006 | Erymidae Feldmann and Titus p. 63 |
2009 | Erymidae De Grave et al. p. 20 |
2009 | Erymidae Garassino et al. p. 209 |
2010 | Erymidae Schweitzer et al. |
2011 | Erymidae Klompmaker and Fraaije p. 3 |
References
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!