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Proterocarcinus ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4644446	https://www.gbif.org/species/4644446
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	22667	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=22667

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Potamidae : Proterocarcinus

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Portunidae : Proterocarcinus

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
-	Eubrachyura	de Saint Laurent 1980
-	Heterotremata	Guinot 1977
superfamily	Portunoidea	Rafinesque 1815
family	Portunidae	Rafinesque 1815
genus	Proterocarcinus	Feldmann Casadío Chirino-Gálvez & Aguirre-Urreta 1995

Scientific Name

Proterocarcinus Feldmann, Casadío, Chirino-Gálvez & Aguirre-Urreta, 1995

Name Published In

Paleontol Soc Mem 43, September

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Proterocarcinus	genus	belongs to Brachyura	stated without evidence	Feldmann et al., 1995
Proterocarcinus	genus	belongs to Polybiinae	stated without evidence	Schweitzer and Feldmann, 2000
Proterocarcinus	genus	belongs to Decapoda	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Proterocarcinus	genus	belongs to Portunidae	stated without evidence	Casadio et al., 2004

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

66.0 - 61.6 Ma
Paleocene

Last Recorded Appearance

11.6 - 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)

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

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Proterocarcinus corsolini ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	23.0 Ma Miocene	23.0 Ma Miocene
Proterocarcinus latus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	5	48.6 Ma Eocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Proterocarcinus lophos ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Proterocarcinus navidad ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	4	23.0 Ma Miocene	23.0 Ma Miocene

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1995	Proterocarcinus Feldmann et al. pp. 1-22
2000	Proterocarcinus Schweitzer and Feldmann p. 644
2002	Proterocarcinus Sepkoski, Jr.
2004	Proterocarcinus Casadio et al.
2006	Proterocarcinus Karasawa and Schweitzer p. 61
2008	Proterocarcinus Karasawa et al. p. 100

References

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. (2000) New fossil portunids from Washington, USA, and Argentina and a re-evaluation of generic and family relationships within the Portunoidea Rafinesque, 1815 (Decapoda: Brachyura), Journal of Paleontology 74 4, 636-653

Casadio S., De Angeli A., et al (2004) New decapod crustaceans (Thalassinidea, Galatheoidea, Brachyura) from the Middle Oligocene of Patagonia, Argentina, Annals of Carnegie Museum 73 2, 25-47

Karasawa H., Schweitzer C. E. (2006) A new classification of the Xanthoidea sensu lato (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) based on phylogenetic analysis and traditional systematics and evaluation of all fossil Xanthoidea sensu lato, Contributions to Zoology 75 1/2, 23-72

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 (authority adjusted) - 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

Paleontol Soc Mem 43, September - 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

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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