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Glaessneropsoidea

Glaessneropsoidea is a superfamily of fossil crabs. They are found in rocks from Late Jurassic age to Late Cretaceous. The 45 species in the superfamily are divided among 11 genera in four families:Family Glaessneropsidae Patrulius, 1959Ekalakia Bishop, 1976 Glaessneropsis Patrulius, 1959 Rathbunopon Stenzel, 1945 Vectis Withers, 1946 Verrucarcinus Schweitzer & Feldmann, 2009Family Lecythocaridae Schweitzer & Feldmann, 2009Lecythocaris von Meyer, 1860Family Longodromitidae Schweitzer & Feldmann, 2009Abyssophthalmus Schweitzer & Feldmann, 2009 Coelopus Étallon, 1861 Longodromites Patrulius, 1959 Planoprosopon Schweitzer, Feldmann & Lazǎr, 2007Family Nodoprosopidae Schweitzer & Feldmann, 2009Nodoprosopon Beurlen, 1928

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Glaessneropsoidea
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
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
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References

  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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06.
  2. 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. Bibcode:2008JPal...82.1030F. doi:10.1666/08-006.1. S2CID 86066334. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-07-26.