Systematic List of Fossil Decapod Crustacean Species

A systematic list of all currently known species of fossil deapod crustaceans, placed within a modern classification of the suborder, includes verified authorships and dates of publication along with a complete list of references to all systematic categories.

Carrie E. Schweitzer, Ph.D. (2000) in Applied Geology, Kent State University, is Associate Professor of Geology at Kent State University Stark Campus. She has published extensively on systematics, phylogeny, and paleobiogeography of decapods, concentrating on the Brachyura.Rodney M. Feldmann, Ph.D. (1967) in Geology, University of North Dakota, is Professor Emeritus at Kent State University. He has published extensively on systematics, biogeography, and functional morphology of fossil decapod crustaceans and isopods of the world.Alessandro Garassino, Degree in Biology (1988), University of Studi, Milan, is currently Curator of Department of Invertebrate Paleontology of the Natural History Museum, Milan, and publishes extensively on systematics and phylogeny of Mesozoic and Cenozoic decapods from Europe.Hiroaki Karasawa, D.Sc. (1992) in Paleontology, Nagoya University, is Curator at the Mizunami Fossil Museum and works on phylogeny and systematics of decapods. His major work focuses on Cenozoic decapod Crustacea from southwest Japan.Gunter Schweigert, Ph.D. (1996), University of Stuttgart, is Curator of Mesozoic Invertebrates at Staatliches Museum fur Naturkunde Stuttgart, is leader of scientific excavations in the Upper Jurassic Nusplingen Lithographic Limestone and has published extensively on fossil decapods, ammonites, and biostratigraphy.