Necrocarcinidae

Necrocarcinidae
Temporal range:
Corazzatocarcinus hadjoulae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Section: Raninoida
Superfamily: Necrocarcinoidea
Family: Necrocarcinidae
Foster, 1968

Necrocarcinidae is an extinct family of Late Jurassic, Cretaceous and Paleogene crabs.[1][2][3] It comprises 40 species grouped in seven genera.[4][5][6]

Genera

Genera within this family include:[7]

  • Arcticocarcinus Schweitzer et al., 2016[8]
  • Corazzatocarcinus Larghi, 2004
  • Cristella Collins and Rasmussen 1992
  • Necrocarcinus Bell, 1863
  • Paranecrocarcinus Van Straelen, 1936
  • Polycnemidium Reuss, 1859
  • Pseudonecrocarcinus Förster, 1968
  • Shazella Collins & Williams, 2004
  • Volgacarcinus Mychko & Schweitzer, 2026[3]

References

  1. ^ Barry W.M. van Bakel; René H.B. Fraaije; John W.M. Jagt; Petr Skupien (2020). "Origin, early evolution and palaeoecology of Gymnopleura (Crustacea, Decapoda): Basal palaeocorystoid crabs from the Upper Jurassic–Lower Cretaceous of central Europe". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 564 110176. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2020.110176. hdl:10084/145209. S2CID 233890971.
  2. ^ Carrie E. Schweitzer (2025). "New Brachyura (Crustacea: Decapoda: Raninoida: Eubrachyura) from the earliest Eocene of New Jersey, USA". Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum. 52 (1): 121–132. doi:10.50897/bmfm.52.1_121.
  3. ^ a b Eduard V. Mychko; Carrie E. Schweitzer (2026). "Discovery of decapods from the Paleocene of Russia (Saratov Oblast) with review of all known Paleocene decapods". Palaeontologia Electronica. 29 (1) 29.1.a9. doi:10.26879/1585.
  4. ^ Guinot & Davie, 2008 : Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant brachyuran crabs of the world. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement, n. 17 p. 1–286
  5. ^ De Grave & al., 2009 : A Classification of Living and Fossil Genera of Decapod Crustaceans. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement, n. 21, p. 1-109
  6. ^ Cristiano Larghi Brachyuran decapod Crustacea from the Upper Cretaceous of Lebanon
  7. ^ Paleobiology Database
  8. ^ Carrie E. Schweitzer; Hiroaki Karasawa; Javier Luque; Rodney M. Feldmann (2016). "Phylogeny and classification of Necrocarcinoidea Förster, 1968 (Brachyura: Raninoida) with the description of two new genera". Journal of Crustacean Biology. 36 (3): 338–372. doi:10.1163/1937240X-00002432.