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
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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
- ^ De Grave & al., 2009 : A Classification of Living and Fossil Genera of Decapod Crustaceans. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement, n. 21, p. 1-109
- ^ Cristiano Larghi Brachyuran decapod Crustacea from the Upper Cretaceous of Lebanon
- ^ Paleobiology Database
- ^ 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.