Glaessneropsoidea

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Glaessneropsoidea
Temporal range: Late Jurassic–Late Cretaceous
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Brachyura
Section: Dromiacea
Superfamily: Glaessneropsoidea
Patrulius, 1959
Families
  • Glaessneropsidae
  • Lecythocaridae
  • Longodromitidae
  • Nodoprosopidae

Glaessneropsoidea is a superfamily of fossil crabs.[1] They are found in rocks from Late Jurassic age to Late Cretaceous.[2] The 45 species in the superfamily are divided among 11 genera in four families:[1]

Family Glaessneropsidae Patrulius, 1959
  • Ekalakia Bishop, 1976
  • Glaessneropsis Patrulius, 1959
  • Rathbunopon Stenzel, 1945
  • Vectis Withers, 1946
  • Verrucarcinus Schweitzer & Feldmann, 2009
Family Lecythocaridae Schweitzer & Feldmann, 2009
  • Lecythocaris von Meyer, 1860
Family Longodromitidae Schweitzer & Feldmann, 2009
  • Abyssophthalmus Schweitzer & Feldmann, 2009
  • Coelopus Étallon, 1861
  • Longodromites Patrulius, 1959
  • Planoprosopon Schweitzer, Feldmann & Lazǎr, 2007
Family Nodoprosopidae Schweitzer & Feldmann, 2009
  • Nodoprosopon Beurlen, 1928

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Sammy De Grave, N. Dean Pentcheff, Shane T. Ahyong et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21: 1–109. 
  2. Rodney M. Feldmann, Carrie E. Schweitzer & William R. Wahl (2008). "Ekalakia (Decapoda: Brachyura): the preservation of eyes links Cretaceous crabs to Jurassic ancestors". Journal of Paleontology 82 (5): 1030–1034. doi:10.1666/08-006.1. 


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