Parent taxon: Dromiacea according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2016
See also Beschin et al. 2015, Beschin et al. 2016, Beschin et al. 2016, Collins and Wienberg Rasmussen 1992, Glaessner 1969, Robin et al. 2016, Schweitzer et al. 2003, Schweitzer et al. 2010, Schweitzer et al. 2012, Sepkoski 2002 and Tessier et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Ameridromia, Cyamocarcinus, Dromioidea, Eotrachynotocarcinus, Gemmellarocarcinus, Glaessneropsoidea, Glyptodynomene, Homolodromioidea, Konidromitoidea, Mesodromilites, Moravacarcininae, Oonoton, Ovamene, Polycnemidium, Roemerus, Stephanometopon
Subtaxa: Dromiopsis aedicula Dromiopsis americana Dromiopsis bullamelga Dromiopsis ceratoi Dromiopsis depressa Dromiopsis elegans Dromiopsis gigas Dromiopsis granulata Dromiopsis humerosus Dromiopsis laevior Dromiopsis longitudovata Dromiopsis mosae Dromiopsis paleogenicus Dromiopsis parvula Dromiopsis paucigranosa Dromiopsis praelaevior Dromiopsis pulchellus Dromiopsis rugosus Dromiopsis ubaghsi Dromiopsis vicetinus
Type: Brachyurites rugosus
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Italy (10 collections), United States (1: Texas)
• Paleocene of Austria (1), Denmark (1), France (2), Sweden (1), United States (4: Alabama, New Jersey)
• Cretaceous of Denmark (1), Greenland (1), the Netherlands (2), Spain (2)
Total: 26 collections including 33 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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