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Dioratiopus

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Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4648295https://www.gbif.org/species/4648295
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)220852https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=220852
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Longodromitidae : Dioratiopus
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ecdysozoa
-Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumMandibulata
-Pancrustacea
subphylumCrustaceaBrünnich 1772
classMalacostracaLatreille 1802
superorderEucaridaCalman 1904
orderDecapodaLatreille 1802
-MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderBrachyuraLatreille 1802
superfamilyGlaessneropsoideaPatrulius 1959
familyLongodromitidaeSchweitzer and Feldmann 2009
genusDioratiopusWoods 1953
Scientific NameDioratiopus Woods, 1953
Name Published InMem. Qd. Mus., 13 (1)
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Dioratiopusgenusbelongs to Torynommidaestated without evidenceGlaessner, 1980
Dioratiopusgenusbelongs to Longodromitidaestated without evidenceSchweitzer et al., 2010
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)3
First Recorded Appearance152 - 145 Ma
Late Jurassic
Last Recorded Appearance99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Motilityactively mobile (based on Malacostraca)
Visionwell-developed (based on Malacostraca)
Dietcarnivore (based on Decapoda)
Taphonomychitin (based on Malacostraca)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. T. Woods. 1953. Brachyura from the Cretaceous of Central Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 13(1):50-57

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
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Dioratiopus hearttailensis
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
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Dioratiopus salebrosus
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
2113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
105 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1953Dioratiopus Woods
1980Dioratiopus Glaessner p. 182
2010Dioratiopus Schweitzer et al.
2011Dioratiopus Schweitzer and Feldmann p. 238

References

Woods J. T. (1953) Brachyura from the Cretaceous of Central Queensland, Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 13 1, 50-57
Glaessner M. F. (1980) New Cretaceous and Tertiary crabs (Crustacea: Brachyura) from Australia and New Zealand, Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 104 6, 171-192
Schweitzer C. E., Feldmann R. M., et al (2010) Systematic list of fossil decapod crustacean species, Crustaceana Monographs 10, 1-222
Schweitzer C. E., Feldmann R. M. (2011) Revision of some fossil podotrematous Brachyura (Homolodromiidae; Longodromitidae; Torynommidae), Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 260 2, 237-256 doi:10.1127/0077-7749/2011/0138
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. 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
Mem. Qd. Mus., 13 (1) - 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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