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Palaeocarpilius

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Extinct genus of crabs

Palaeocarpilius
Temporal range: Eocene–Oligocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Paleocarpilius macrocheilus from Italy, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Carpiliidae
Genus: †Palaeocarpilius
A. Milne-Edwards, 1862

Palaeocarpilius is an extinct genus of crabs belonging to the family Carpiliidae. The type species of this genus is Palaeocarpilius macrocheilus.

These epifaunal carnivores lived in the Eocene and the Oligocene, from 48.6 to 28.4 Ma.

Species

The following species are recognized:

Distribution

Fossils of this genus have been found in the Eocene of Italy and in the Oligocene of India, Libya and United States.

References

  1. ^ The Paleobiology Database
  2. "Paleocarpilius". Vertebres Fossiles. Retrieved 2009-01-27.
  3. Regina Wetzer, Joel W. Martin and Sandra E. Trautwein (2003). "Phylogenetic relationships within the coral crab genus Carpilius (Brachyura, Xanthoidea, Carpiliidae) and of the Carpiliidae to other xanthoid crab families based on molecular sequence data" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 27 (3): 410–421. doi:10.1016/S1055-7903(03)00021-6. PMID 12742746.
  4. David Ward (2002). Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks). Smithsonian Institution. ISBN 978-0-7894-8984-5.
Taxon identifiers
Palaeocarpilius


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