Glaessneropsoidea
| Glaessneropsoidea Temporal range: Late Jurassic–Late Cretaceous | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Section: | Dromiacea |
| Superfamily: | Glaessneropsoidea Patrulius, 1959 |
| Families | |
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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
- ↑ 1.0 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.
- ↑ Rodney M. Feldmann, Carrie E. Schweitzer & William R. Wahl (2008). "Ekalakia (Decapoda: Brachyura): the preservation of eyes links Cretaceous crabs to Jurassic ancestors" (PDF). Journal of Paleontology 82 (5): 1030–1034. doi:10.1666/08-006.1.
