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{{Short description|Extinct genus of crabs}}
{{Short description|Extinct genus of crabs}}
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| image = Branchioplax washingtoniana 02a SR EC 07-01-12.jpg
| image = Branchioplax washingtoniana 02a SR EC 07-01-12.jpg
| image_caption = [[Fossil]] ''Branchioplax washingtoniana''
| image_caption = [[Fossil]] ''Branchioplax washingtoniana''
| fossil_range = {{Fossil_range|Eocene}}
| fossil_range = {{Fossil_range|Eocene}}
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| taxon = Branchioplax
| authority = [[Mary J. Rathbun|Rathbun]], 1916&nbsp;<ref name="Grave">{{cite journal|journal=[[Raffles Bulletin of Zoology]] |year=2009 |volume=Suppl. 21 |pages=1–109 |title=A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans |author1=Sammy De Grave |author2=N. Dean Pentcheff |author3=Shane T. Ahyong |url=http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s21/s21rbz1-109.pdf |display-authors=etal |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606064728/http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s21/s21rbz1-109.pdf |archivedate=2011-06-06 }}</ref>
| phylum = [[Arthropod]]a
| subphylum = [[Crustacean|Crustacea]]
| classis = [[Malacostraca]]
| ordo = [[Decapoda]]
| infraordo = [[Crab|Brachyura]]
| superfamilia = [[Goneplacoidea]]
| familia = [[Mathildellidae]]
| genus = '''''Branchioplax'''''
| genus_authority = [[Mary J. Rathbun|Rathbun]], 1916&nbsp;<ref name="Grave">{{cite journal|journal=[[Raffles Bulletin of Zoology]] |year=2009 |volume=Suppl. 21 |pages=1–109 |title=A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans |author1=Sammy De Grave |author2=N. Dean Pentcheff |author3=Shane T. Ahyong |url=http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s21/s21rbz1-109.pdf |display-authors=etal |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606064728/http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s21/s21rbz1-109.pdf |archivedate=2011-06-06 }}</ref>
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'''''Branchioplax''''' is an extinct genus of [[crab]] which existed in [[Alaska]] and [[Washington (U.S. state)|Washington]] during the [[Eocene]] period. It was first named by [[Mary J. Rathbun|Mary Rathbun]] in 1916, and contains ten species,<ref name="Grave"/> including ''Branchioplax washingtoniana'' from the [[Hoko River Formation]],&nbsp;<ref>Page 86, ''Bulletin: Geological section, Volume 31, Issues 1-3''. By Moskovskoe obshchestvo ispytateleĭ prirody. Israel Program for Scientific Translations., 1961</ref> ''Branchioplax carmanahensis'',<ref>Page 66, ''Cretaceous and eocene decapod crustaceans from southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada''. NRC monograph publishing program, Canadian electronic library. By Carrie Ellen Schweitzer, National Research Council Canada. 2003. {{ISBN|0660190923}}/{{ISBN|9780660190921}}</ref> and ''Branchioplax ballingi''.<ref>Page 319, ''Bulletin de la Société géologique de France'', Société géologique de France, 1959.</ref>
'''''Branchioplax''''' is an extinct genus of [[crab]] which existed in [[Alaska]] and [[Washington (U.S. state)|Washington]] during the [[Eocene]] period. It was first named by [[Mary J. Rathbun|Mary Rathbun]] in 1916, and contains ten species,<ref name="Grave"/> including ''Branchioplax washingtoniana'' from the [[Hoko River Formation]],<ref>Page 86, ''Bulletin: Geological section, Volume 31, Issues 1-3''. By Moskovskoe obshchestvo ispytateleĭ prirody. Israel Program for Scientific Translations., 1961</ref> ''Branchioplax carmanahensis'',<ref>Page 66, ''Cretaceous and eocene decapod crustaceans from southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada''. NRC monograph publishing program, Canadian electronic library. By Carrie Ellen Schweitzer, National Research Council Canada. 2003. {{ISBN|0660190923}}/{{ISBN|9780660190921}}</ref> and ''Branchioplax ballingi''.<ref>Page 319, ''Bulletin de la Société géologique de France'', Société géologique de France, 1959.</ref>
[[File:Branchioplax species 01 SR EC 07-01-26.jpg|left|thumb|180px|Fossil ''Branchioplax carmanahensis''.]]
[[File:Branchioplax species 01 SR EC 07-01-26.jpg|left|thumb|180px|Fossil ''Branchioplax carmanahensis''.]]


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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.bioone.org/doi/pdf/10.2517/prpsj.7.129 The Family Goneplacidae MacLeay, 1838 (Crustacea: Decapoda, Brachyura): systematics phylogeny and fossil records.]
* [http://www.bioone.org/doi/pdf/10.2517/prpsj.7.129 The Family Goneplacidae MacLeay, 1838 (Crustacea: Decapoda, Brachyura): systematics phylogeny and fossil records.]
* [http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=basicTaxonInfo&taxon_no=22344 ''Branchioplax''] at the [[Paleobiology Database]]
* [https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=22344 ''Branchioplax''] at the [[Paleobiology Database]]


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[[Category:Taxa named by Mary J. Rathbun]]
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Latest revision as of 20:00, 8 December 2024

Branchioplax
Temporal range: Eocene
Fossil Branchioplax washingtoniana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Mathildellidae
Genus: Branchioplax
Rathbun, 1916 [1]

Branchioplax is an extinct genus of crab which existed in Alaska and Washington during the Eocene period. It was first named by Mary Rathbun in 1916, and contains ten species,[1] including Branchioplax washingtoniana from the Hoko River Formation,[2] Branchioplax carmanahensis,[3] and Branchioplax ballingi.[4]

Fossil Branchioplax carmanahensis.

References

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  1. ^ a b 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. ^ Page 86, Bulletin: Geological section, Volume 31, Issues 1-3. By Moskovskoe obshchestvo ispytateleĭ prirody. Israel Program for Scientific Translations., 1961
  3. ^ Page 66, Cretaceous and eocene decapod crustaceans from southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. NRC monograph publishing program, Canadian electronic library. By Carrie Ellen Schweitzer, National Research Council Canada. 2003. ISBN 0660190923/ISBN 9780660190921
  4. ^ Page 319, Bulletin de la Société géologique de France, Société géologique de France, 1959.
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