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Eocarcinoidea

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Extinct group of crustaceans

Eocarcinoidea
Temporal range: Norian–Pliensbachian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Anomura
Superfamily: †Eocarcinoidea
Withers, 1932
Genera

Eocarcinoidea is a superfamily of fossil decapod crustaceans. Formerly thought to be the earliest true crabs, they are now thought to be the oldest members of the Anomura. Two species are included, each in its own family-taxon: Eocarcinus praecursor (Eocarcinidae) and Platykotta akaina (Platykottidae).

References

  1. Jérôme Chablais, Rodney M. Feldmann & Carrie E. Schweitzer (2011). "A new Triassic decapod, Platykotta akaina, from the Arabian shelf of the northern United Arab Emirates: earliest occurrence of the Anomura" (PDF). Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 85: 93–102. doi:10.1007/s12542-010-0080-y.
Subgroups of Order Decapoda
Dendrobranchiata Dendrobranchiata (prawns)

Stenopodidea (boxer shrimp) Caridea (true shrimp) Achelata (spiny lobsters, slipper lobsters) Astacidea (lobsters, crayfish) Anomura (hermit crabs and others)

Brachyura (crabs)
Pleocyemata
Stenopodidea
Procarididea
Caridea
Reptantia
Achelata
Polychelida
Glypheidea
Astacidea
Axiidea
Gebiidea
Anomura
Brachyura
Taxon identifiers
Eocarcinoidea


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