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List of prehistoric malacostracans

This list of prehistoric malacostracans illustrates the genera from the fossil record that have ever been considered to be malacostracans, a class of crustacean arthropod, excluding purely vernacular terms. The list includes all commonly accepted genera, but also genera that are now considered invalid, doubtful, or were not formally published, as well as junior synonyms of more established names, and genera that are no longer considered malacostracans. The majority of the genera are from the order Decapoda, for which a recent synopsis allows invalid names to be excluded.

Order [[Decapoda]]
===Suborder Dendrobranchiata=== '' (Aegeridae) • AcanthochiranaAegerAlbertoppeliaAmbilobeiaAntrimposArcheosolenoceraBenthesicymusBomburBylgiaCarinacarisCarpopenaeusCretapenaeusCretasergestesDrobnaDusaHakelocarisIfasyaKoelgaLibanocarisLongichelaLongitergiteMacropenaeusMicrochelaMicropenaeusPaleomatteaPenaeusPseudobomburPseudodusaRaunaRhodanicarisSatyrocarisSicyonia ===Infraorder Stenopodidea=== • JilinicarisPhoenice ===Infraorder Caridea=== • AcanthinopusAlburniaAlcmonacarisBannikoviaBechlejaBeurleniaBlacullaBuergerocarisCaridinaCrangonDelclosiaGampsurusHarthofiaHefrigaLeiothoraxMicropsalisMorscrangonNotostomusOdontochelionOplophorusPalaemonPandalusParvocarisPasiphaeaPinnacarisPleopteryxPropalaemonPseudocaridinellaSchmelingiaTonellocarisUdoraUdorellaYongjiacaris ===Infraorder Astacidea=== '' (Bearpaw Shale, Cretaceous) • AstacopsisAstacusAustropotamobiusChilenophoberusCricoidoscelosusHomarusHoplopariaJagtiaLammuastacusMalmuncinaMetanephropsNephropsNephropsisOncopareiaPacifastacusPalaeocambarusPalaeoechinastacusPalaeonephropsPalaeopalaemonPalaeophoberusParaclythiaParanephropsProcambarusProtastacusPseudastacusPseudohomarusStenochirusTillochelesUncina ===Infraorder Glypheidea=== '' (Jurassic) • CedrillosiaChimaerastacusClytiellaClytiopsisEnoploclytiaErymaGaliciaGlaessnericarisGlypheaHuhatankaJabaloyaLissocardiaLitogasterMecochirusMeyeriaPalaeastacusParaclytiopsisParalitogasterPemphixPlatychelaPlatypleonPraeatyaProtoclytiopsisPseudoglypheaPseudopemphixPustulinaSeleniscaSinopemphixSquamosoglypheaStenodactylinaTrachysoma ===Infraorder Thalassinidea=== '', an ichnofossil produced by a thalassinidean (Israel, Middle Jurassic) • AxiopsisAxiusBrecanclawuCallianassaCallianopsisCalliaxCallichirusComoxianassaCorallianassaCowichianassaCtenochelesEoglypturusEtalloniaEucalliaxGlypturusGourretiaHuxleycarisJaxeaLaomediaLaurentiellaLepidophthalmusMagilaMegachelaMelipalNeocallichirusNeotrypaeaNihonotrypaeaPakiPodocallichirusProtaxiusProtocallianassaSchlueteriaSergioThalassinaTrypaeaUpogebiaVegarthron ===Infraorder Achelata=== • ArchaeocarabusArchaeopalinurusAstacodesBiarctusCancrinosJasusJustitiaLinuparusPalaeopalinurusPalibacusPalinurinaPalinurusPanulirusParribacusPehuenchiaScyllarellaScyllaridesScyllarusTricarina ===Infraorder Polychelida=== '' (Solnhofen Limestone, Tithonian) • AntarctichelesColeiaCycleryonEryonHasaracancerHellerocarisKnebeliaPalaeopentachelesProeryonPseudocoleiaRosenfeldiaTetrachelaTropiferWillemoesiocaris ===Infraorder Anomura=== s of an Eocene hermit crab of the genus DardanusAcanthogalatheaAlbuneaAmmopylochelesAnapagurusAnnieporcellanaAnnuntidiogenesAustromunidaBeripetrolisthesBirgusBrazilomunidaCalcinusCalteagalatheaCiliopagurusClibanariusCoenobitaCretagalatheaDardanusDiacanthurusDiogenesEocalcinusEocarcinusEomunidopsisEopaguropsisEopetrolisthesEotylaspisEumunidaFaxegalatheaGalatheaGastrosacusGoniochirusHarryhauseniaHaumuriaeglaItalialbuneaJurapylochelesLessinigalatheaLobipetrolisthesLongoporcellanaLophomastixLophoraninellaLuisogalatheaMesogalatheaMesoparapylochelesMunidaMunidopsisMunitheitesOrhomalusOvocarcinusPachychelesPaguristesPagurusPalaeomunidaPalaeomunidopsisPalaeopagurusParagalatheaParalomisParapaguristesPetrochirusPetrolisthesPisidiaPlatykottaPolyonyxPorcellanaPorcellanoideaPraealbuneaPristinaspinaProtaeglaProtomunidaPylopagurusRetrorsichelaShinkaiaSpathagalatheaStemonopaStriadiogenesZygopa ===Infraorder Brachyura=== '' (Eocene) '' (Late Eocene) '' (Oligocene) • AbyssophthalmusAcanthocarpusAcanthodiaulaxAcantholambrusAcanthoportunusAchaeusActaeaActaeitesActaeodesActaeopsActaeopsisActinotocarcinusActumnusAmeridromiaAmpliuraAmydrocarcinusAnaglyptusAnatolikosAndorinaAnisospinosAntarctidromiaAntarctomithraxAraripecarcinusArcaniaArchaeocypodaArchaeogeryonArchaeoplaxArchaeopusArchaeotetraArchaeoziusArenaeusArgesAshtoretAsthenognathusAtelecyclusAtergatisAulacopodiaAustroheliceAvitelmessusBalcacarcinusBanareiaBaricarcinusBartethusaBasinotopusBicarinocarcinusBicornisraninaBinkhorstiaBittnereusBittneriliaBoschettiaBrachynotusBranchiocarcinusBranchiolambrusBranchioplaxBromeBucculentumBudapanopeusCalappaCalappellaCalappiliaCallinectesCaloxanthusCamarocarcinusCampylostomaCancerCancrixanthoCaprocancerCarcineretesCarcinoplaxCarcinusCardirhynchusCardisomaCarinocarcinoidesCarinocarcinusCarpiliusCarupaCenocorystesCenomanocarcinusCeronnectesChaceonCharybdisChasmocarcinusCherpiocarcinusChirinocarcinusChlinocephalusChlorodiellaChoriliaCicarnusCoelomaCoelopusCollinsiusColneptunusColpocarisComponocancerCorallicarcinusCorazzatocarcinusCorystesCostacoplumaCretachlorodiusCretacocarcinusCretacoraninaCristafronsCristellaCristiplumaCroniusCrossotonotusCryptodromiaCryptoluteaCryptosomaCyamocarcinusCyclocancerCyclocorystesCyclodiusCycloesCyclograpsusCycloprosoponCyclothyreusCycloxanthopsCymonomusCyrtorhinaDagnaudusDairaDakoticancerDaldorfiaDaragrapsusDaranyiaDemaniaDerilambrusDiaulaxDioratiopusDistefaniaDoerflesiaDorippeDrachiellaDromiaDromidiaDromilitesDromiopsisDuncaniaDynomeneDynomenopsisEbaliaEkalakiaEnoplolambrusEnoplonotusEocarpiliusEocharybdisEodorippeEodromitesEohalimedeEoinachoidesEomaldiviaEomatutaEopalicusEopilumnusEoplaxEoprosoponEotrachynotocarcinusEoxanthiasEpialtusEpigodromiaEpixanthusEriocheirEriosachilaEriphiaEthusaEtisusEtyusEtyxanthosiaEuclosiaEucorystesEucrateEumorphactaeaEumorphocorystesEuphylaxEuprognathaEuronectesEurycarpusEuryoziusEurypanopeusEuryplaxEurytiumEuxanthusFalconoplaxFalsiportunitesFeldmanniaForestiaFredericiaGabriellaGaillardiellusGaleneGalenopsisGarthiopeGastrodorusGecchelicarcinusGemmacarcinusGemmellarocarcinusGeothelphusaGillcarcinusGlabropilumnusGlaessneropsisGlebocarcinusGlobihexapusGlyphithyreusGlyptodynomeneGlyptoxanthusGollincarcinusGomezinusGoneplaxGoniocheleGoniocypodaGoniodromitesGraptocarcinusGuinotosiaHalimedeHarenacorystesHarpactocarcinusHarpactoxanthopsisHaydnellaHebertidesHeeiaHeikeopsisHemigrapsusHemioonHepatellaHepatinulusHepatiscusHepatusHerbstiaHeteractaeaHeteronuciaHeteropanopeHeusHexapanopeusHexapusHilliusHolcocarcinusHomelysHomolaHomoliformisHomolodromiaHomolopsisHoplitocarcinusHyasHyastenusHypocolpusIbericancerIcriocarcinusIliaIliacanthaInachusIphiculusIxaJacquinotiaJakobseniusJonesiusKarasawaiaKerepesiaKierionopsisKowaicarcinusKromtitisLachnopodusLaevicarcinusLaeviprosoponLaleonectesLambropsisLathahypossiaLatheticocarcinusLatulambrusLecythocarisLeiolambrusLeptodiusLeptomithraxLessinioplaxLeucosiaLeucosiliaLeurocyclusLevicyclusLiagoreLianiraLibiniaLibystesLignihomolaLiocarcinusLiocarisLiomeraLipaesthesiusLissocarcinusLissopsisLithophylaxLitograpsusLobocarcinusLobogalenopsisLobonotusLobulataLoerentheyaLoerenthoplumaLondinimolaLongodromitesLongusorbisLophopanopeusLophoraninaLovarinaLoxorhynchusLucanthonisiaLupeitesLupocyclusLydiaLyreidinaLyreidusMacroacaenaMacrocheiraMacromedaeusMacrophthalmusMacropipusMaeandricampusMagyarcarcinusMaingrapsusMainhepatiscusMajaMarocarcinusMartinettaMartinocarcinusMarycarcinusMascaranadaMatutitesMaurimiaMedaeopsMedaeusMedorippeMegamiaMegaxanthoMegokkosMenippeMesodromilitesMesolambrusMesorhoeaMetacarcinusMetopograpsusMetopoxanthoMicippaMicrocorystesMicrodiumMicromaiaMicromithraxMicropanopeMinohellenusMiocyclusMiograpsusMiopipusMioplaxMiosesarmaMioxaivaMithraciaMithracitesMithraculusMithraxMonodaeusMontezumellaMursiaMursilataMursiliaMursiopsisMyraNanocassiopeNanomajaNanoplaxNecoraNecrocarcinusNecronectesNemausaNeodorippeNeoliomeraNeomeriaNeosarmatiumNeozanthopsisNeptocarcinusNipponoponNitotacarcinusNobilumNodoprosoponNoetlingiaNogaroliaNotocarcinusNotomithraxNotopocorystesNotopoidesNotopusNotoscelesNuciaNucilobusNursiaOcalinaOcypodeOedisomaOlinaecarisOmmatocarcinusOonotonOphthalmoplaxOrbitoplaxOregoniaOrithopsisOrthakrolophosOsachilaOvalipesOvameneOxythyreusOziusPachygrapsusPakicarcinusPalaeocarpiliusPalaeodromitesPalaeograpsusPalaeomyraPalaeopinnixaPalaeopsopheticusPalaeotrichiaPalaeoxanthoPalaeoxanthopsPalaeoxanthopsisPalehomolaPalicusPalmyriaPanopeusPanticarcinusParacleistostomaParacorallicarcinusParactaeaParacycloisParadorippeParadoxicarcinusParanecrocarcinusParanursiaParaocalinaParapirimelaParatetraliaParathranitesParatumidocarcinusParaverrucoidesParaxanthiasParaxanthosiaPariphiculusParomolaParomolopsisParthenopePeloeusPeriacanthusPersephonaPhalangitesPhilyraPhlyctenodesPhrynolambrusPilodiusPilumnomimusPilumnopeusPilumnusPinnixaPinnotheresPirimelaPisaPisoidesPisomajaPithoPithonotonPlagiophthalmusPlanesPlanoprosoponPlatepistomaPlatylambrusPlatypodiaPleolobitesPliopirimelaPodocatactesPodophthalmusPolycnemidiumPororariaPortufuriaPortumnusPortunitesPortunusPotamonPotamonautesPreclarocarcinusPregeryonaPrehepatusPriabonellaPriabonocarcinusProchlorodiusProhomolaProsoponProterocarcinusProtuberosaProxicarpiliusPsammocarcinusPsammograpsusPseudoachelousPseudocarcinusPseudodaranyiaPseudohepatiscusPseudomicippePseudonecrocarcinusPseudophilyraPseudophlyctenodesPseudorhombilaPsopheticusPsygmophthalmusPterocarcinusPugettiaPulaliusPyromaiaQuasilaeviraninaRakosiaRandalliaRanidinaRaniliaRaniliformisRaninaRaninellaRaninoidesRathbunoponRemiaRetrocypodaRetroplumaRhachiosomaRhinodromiaRhinolambrusRhinopoupiniaRocacarcinusRochiniaRoemerusRogueusRomaleonRugafariusSabahraninaSabellidromitesSandomingiaSanteecarcinusSanteellaSanteexanthusSarahcarcinusSaratunusSchizophroidaSchizophrysSculptoplaxScyllaScyraSecretanellaSeorsusSereneopeusSereniusSesarmaSestrostomaSharniaShazellaSilvacarcinusSimonelliaSodakusSpeleophorusSpeocarcinusSpinipalicusStenocionopsStenodromiaStenorhynchusStephanometoponSteveaStintoniusStoaplaxStyrioplaxSylviocarcinusSymethisSyphaxSzaboaTanidromitesTanzanonautesTasadiaTehuacanaTelamonocarcinusTeleophrysTenuihomolaTepexicarcinusTetracarcinusTetraliaTetraxanthusThalamitaThalamitoidesThelecarcinusThelphusograpsusThiaThoeTitanocarcinusTitanodorippeTithonohomolaTokoyoTongapapakaTorynommaTrachynotocarcinusTrachypirimelaTrapezia (crab)TrechmanniusTribolocephalusTrichopeltarionTritodynamiaTumidocarcinusTutankhamenTutusTylocarcinusTymolusTyphlocarcinusTypilobusUcaUhliasUmaliaUrnalanaUticaVanuachelaVectisVerrucarcinusVerrucoidesViacarcinusViaophthalmusViapinnixaViaplaxWangaWilmingtoniaWilsonimaiaWithersellaWoodbinaxWulaicarcinusXaivaXandarosXanthiasXanthilitesXanthoXanthodiusXanthosiaXanthosioidesXeinostomaXenophthalmusZanthopsisZaopsZosimusZygastrocarcinus ==Order Aeschronectida==
Order [[Aeschronectida]]
Order [[Amphipoda]]
GammarusMelitaPraegmelina == Order Angustidontida ==
Order [[Angustidontida]]
Order [[Belotelsonidea]]
Belotelson ==Order Cumacea==
Order [[Cumacea]]
Order [[Eocaridacea]]
Order [[Hoplostraca]]
Order [[Hymenostraca]]
Hymenocaris ==Order Isopoda==
Order [[Leptostraca]]
Order [[Lophogastrida]]
Order [[Palaeostomatopoda]]
ArchaeocarisBairdopsEopteridium ==Phyllocarida incertae sedis==
[[Phyllocarida]] incertae sedis
Order [[Mantis shrimp|Stomatopoda]]
acanthocercus from the Mississippian Heath Formation of Bear Gulch, Montana • AngelosquillaBathysquillaChloridellaGonodactylusGorgonophontesHemisquillaLysiosquillaPalaeosquillaPerimecturusPseudosculdaPseudosquillaSculdaSquillaTopangasquillaTriassosculdaTyrannophontesTyrannosculda ==Order Tanaidacea==
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