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Potamonautidae
| Description | Potamonautidae is a family of freshwater crabs endemic to Africa, including the islands of Madagascar, the Seychelles, Zanzibar, Mafia, Pemba, Bioko, São Tomé, Príncipe and Sherbro Island. It comprises 18 extant genera and 138 extant species. Fossil remains dating from the Late Miocene period have been attributed to the family Potamonautidae. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potamonautidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | family | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Potamonautidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Potamonautidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 5 (63%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 23.0 - 7.2 Ma Miocene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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) | C. E. Schweitzer, R. M. Feldmann, and A. Garassino, H. Karasawa, and G. Schweigert. 2010. Systematic list of fossil decapod crustacean species. Crustaceana Monographs 10:1-222 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potamonautidae |
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Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Hydrothelphusinae subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Potamonautinae subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 23.0 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Afrithelphusa genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Boreathelphusa genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Deckenia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Erimetopus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Foza genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Glabrithelphusa genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Globonautes genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Hydrothelphusa genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Liberonautes genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Louisea genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Madagapotamon genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Malagasya genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Marojejy genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Platythelphusa genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Potamonautes genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 23.0 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Potamonemus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Seychellum genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Skelosophusa genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Sudanonautes genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tanzanonautes ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1970 | Potamonautidae Bott |
| 2010 | Potamonautidae Schweitzer et al. |
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!
