Malacostraca

Malacostraca

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
MulticrustaceaPBDB
Diet
omnivorePBDB
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB
Motility
actively mobilePBDB
Vision
well-developedPBDB

Time the record covers

At least 505 million years on record.

The record covers at least 505.3 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 509.7 Mya to 0 Mya.

Cambrian — about 3 of 9507 occurrencesOrdovician — about 54 of 9507 occurrencesOrdovicianSilurian — about 77 of 9507 occurrencesDevonian — about 91 of 9507 occurrencesDevonianCarboniferous — about 89 of 9507 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 35 of 9507 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 23 of 9507 occurrencesMiddle Triassic — about 134 of 9507 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 105 of 9507 occurrencesEarly Jurassic — about 136 of 9507 occurrencesMiddle Jurassic — about 208 of 9507 occurrencesLate Jurassic — about 530 of 9507 occurrencesEarly Cretaceous — about 751 of 9507 occurrencesLate Cretaceous — about 1482 of 9507 occurrencesPaleocene — about 269 of 9507 occurrencesEocene — about 2039 of 9507 occurrencesOligocene — about 449 of 9507 occurrencesMiocene — about 1749 of 9507 occurrencesPliocene — about 394 of 9507 occurrencesPleistocene — about 630 of 9507 occurrences520–503 Mya — about 2 occurrences503–485 Mya — about 2 occurrences485–468 Mya — about 25 occurrences468–451 Mya — about 20 occurrences451–433 Mya — about 25 occurrences433–416 Mya — about 67 occurrences416–399 Mya — about 21 occurrences399–381 Mya — about 16 occurrences381–364 Mya — about 28 occurrences364–347 Mya — about 26 occurrences347–329 Mya — about 17 occurrences329–312 Mya — about 26 occurrences312–295 Mya — about 43 occurrences295–277 Mya — about 8 occurrences277–260 Mya — about 12 occurrences260–243 Mya — about 125 occurrences243–225 Mya — about 73 occurrences225–208 Mya — about 58 occurrences208–191 Mya — about 90 occurrences191–173 Mya — about 92 occurrences173–156 Mya — about 307 occurrences156–139 Mya — about 416 occurrences139–121 Mya — about 181 occurrences121–104 Mya — about 415 occurrences104–87 Mya — about 670 occurrences87–69 Mya — about 701 occurrences69–52 Mya — about 834 occurrences52–35 Mya — about 1639 occurrences35–17 Mya — about 952 occurrences17–0 Mya — about 2616 occurrences505.3 Mya11.7 ka520 Mya0 Mya

9,507 occurrences of Malacostraca on record, most of them in the Eocene. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

9,507 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

1124 formations

Sandakan — 5.86°N, 118.04°ESandakan — 5.88°N, 118.06°ESandakan — 5.82°N, 118.01°ESandakan — 5.81°N, 118.07°ECercado — 19.48°N, 71.17°WCercado — 19.58°N, 71.04°WCercado — 19.47°N, 71.08°WErnstbrunn — 48.54°N, 16.36°EErnstbrunn — 48.55°N, 16.35°EPalos Verdes Sand — 33.80°N, 118.16°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.99°N, 118.45°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.60°N, 117.88°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.75°N, 118.29°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.78°N, 118.30°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.97°N, 118.42°WPalos Verdes Sand — 32.72°N, 117.26°WPalos Verdes Sand — 34.04°N, 118.57°WPalos Verdes Sand — 32.70°N, 117.19°WLondon Clay — 51.40°N, 0.83°ELondon Clay — 51.73°N, 0.48°ELondon Clay — 51.51°N, 0.24°ELondon Clay — 51.72°N, 0.79°ELondon Clay — 51.37°N, 1.14°WLondon Clay — 51.51°N, 0.19°WLondon Clay — 51.42°N, 0.90°ELondon Clay — 51.58°N, 0.15°WLondon Clay — 51.63°N, 0.78°ELondon Clay — 50.78°N, 0.70°WLondon Clay — 51.71°N, 0.74°ELondon Clay — 51.37°N, 1.04°ELondon Clay — 51.35°N, 1.00°ELondon Clay — 51.40°N, 0.70°EPirabas — 1.18°S, 47.22°WPirabas — 0.82°S, 46.96°WPirabas — 0.48°S, 48.17°WPirabas — 1.05°S, 47.16°WPirabas — 0.60°S, 47.31°WPirabas — 0.84°S, 47.09°WPirabas — 2.58°S, 43.38°WSan Pedro — 33.93°N, 117.95°WSan Pedro — 33.80°N, 118.17°WSan Pedro — 32.67°N, 117.14°WSan Pedro — 33.74°N, 118.29°WSan Pedro — 33.75°N, 118.29°WPierre Shale — 43.25°N, 104.27°WPierre Shale — 40.92°N, 105.05°WPierre Shale — 40.77°N, 105.07°WPierre Shale — 40.72°N, 105.07°WPierre Shale — 40.73°N, 105.03°WPierre Shale — 40.52°N, 105.07°WPierre Shale — 40.73°N, 105.17°WPierre Shale — 43.92°N, 102.70°WPierre Shale — 43.92°N, 102.98°WPierre Shale — 45.53°N, 100.43°WPierre Shale — 43.73°N, 102.76°WPierre Shale — 45.54°N, 100.50°WPierre Shale — 44.90°N, 100.40°WPierre Shale — 45.64°N, 100.74°WPierre Shale — 46.22°N, 104.02°WPierre Shale — 43.05°N, 104.42°WPierre Shale — 46.92°N, 104.71°WPierre Shale — 46.78°N, 104.49°WPierre Shale — 40.20°N, 105.29°WPierre Shale — 43.23°N, 103.21°WPierre Shale — 44.98°N, 104.02°WPierre Shale — 46.96°N, 104.77°WPierre Shale — 44.47°N, 100.61°WPierre Shale — 44.04°N, 99.52°WPierre Shale — 44.70°N, 103.26°WPierre Shale — 44.78°N, 103.90°WPierre Shale — 43.91°N, 102.91°WLa Meseta — 64.24°S, 56.60°WLa Meseta — 64.24°S, 56.66°WLa Meseta — 64.25°S, 56.71°WPawpaw — 32.73°N, 97.32°WPawpaw — 32.95°N, 97.32°WPawpaw — 32.84°N, 97.29°WPawpaw — 32.63°N, 97.40°WPawpaw — 32.00°N, 97.00°WPawpaw — 32.86°N, 97.26°WPawpaw — 32.85°N, 97.25°WPawpaw — 32.68°N, 97.24°WSolnhofen — 48.91°N, 11.14°ESolnhofen — 48.90°N, 11.18°ESolnhofen — 48.91°N, 11.54°ELookingglass — 42.56°N, 124.02°WLookingglass — 43.16°N, 123.96°WLookingglass — 43.03°N, 123.64°WLookingglass — 43.30°N, 123.10°WAtherfield Clay — 50.60°N, 1.32°WAtherfield Clay — 50.61°N, 1.36°WAtherfield Clay — 51.23°N, 0.25°WBateque — 26.75°N, 113.00°WBateque — 26.95°N, 113.06°WBateque — 26.54°N, 112.75°WBateque — 26.94°N, 113.07°WBateque — 26.91°N, 113.04°WBateque — 24.17°N, 110.92°WBateque — 26.42°N, 112.58°WBateque — 26.45°N, 113.00°WBateque — 26.55°N, 113.10°WBateque — 26.71°N, 112.97°WOpalinuston — 47.43°N, 8.15°EOpalinuston — 47.37°N, 7.78°EMiri — 4.82°N, 114.75°EMiri — 4.86°N, 114.80°EEguino — 42.88°N, 2.20°WDomanda — 31.33°N, 70.15°EDomanda — 29.97°N, 70.12°EDomanda — 30.87°N, 70.22°EDomanda — 30.13°N, 70.37°EDomanda — 29.93°N, 70.12°EDomanda — 30.98°N, 70.22°EDomanda — 30.77°N, 70.46°EDomanda — 31.61°N, 70.19°EDomanda — 29.58°N, 69.98°ERipley — 35.32°N, 88.42°WRipley — 35.00°N, 88.60°WRipley — 35.09°N, 88.53°WRipley — 31.72°N, 85.13°WRipley — 34.56°N, 88.90°WRipley — 31.89°N, 85.15°WRipley — 34.76°N, 88.91°WRipley — 34.63°N, 88.81°WRipley — 34.42°N, 88.91°WRipley — 34.93°N, 88.80°WRipley — 34.88°N, 88.73°WRipley — 34.83°N, 88.74°WRipley — 34.17°N, 88.93°WRipley — 32.00°N, 86.57°WRipley — 34.51°N, 88.93°WMaadi — 30.08°N, 31.25°EMaadi — 29.97°N, 31.13°EMaadi — 30.01°N, 31.28°ENdalithoni — 17.24°S, 178.94°WLiegende Bankkalk — 48.12°N, 8.87°ECasimcea — 44.50°N, 28.42°ECasimcea — 44.47°N, 28.48°ECasimcea — 44.56°N, 28.04°ECasimcea — 44.40°N, 28.56°EOxford Clay — 51.75°N, 1.18°WOxford Clay — 52.33°N, 0.09°WOxford Clay — 52.55°N, 0.24°WOxford Clay — 52.55°N, 0.20°W

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The named rock units Malacostraca has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 1,100 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 3,756 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Malacostraca and its relatives

Eocene

Where Malacostraca and its relatives were recorded in the Eocene.

Found in the same rock

2,781 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records at least 1,157 sites for Malacostraca, and this reads 240 of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

1,570 references

Each of the 9,507 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 1,558 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content1

Picture of Malacostraca

Credit
nobody named on the record
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

No 3D scan of Malacostraca was found in Sketchfab.

Smithsonian Open Access and MorphoSource were not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. (Latreille 1802)