Malacostraca - Decapoda - Galatheidae
Parent taxon: Galatheidae according to A. A. Klompmaker et al. 2022
See also Beschin et al. 2016, Bishop 1985, Klompmaker et al. 2012, Schweitzer et al. 2010, Sepkoski 2002 and Vega et al. 2019
Sister taxa: Acanthogalathea, Allogalathea, Austromunida, Bolcagalathea, Calteagalathea, Cretagalathea, Galathea, Galatheinae, Gastrosacus, Lessinigalathea, Luisogalathea, Munidopsinae, Munitheites, Palaeomunida, Paramunida, Phylladiorhynchus, Raymunida, Shinkaia, Shinkaiinae, Spathagalathea, Tethysgalathea
Subtaxa: Eomunidopsis aldoirarensis Eomunidopsis cobbani Eomunidopsis kinokunica Eomunidopsis kojimai Eomunidopsis limonitica Eomunidopsis meerssensis Eomunidopsis navarrensis Eomunidopsis orobensis Eomunidopsis portlandica Eomunidopsis texcalaensis
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Japan (2 collections), Mexico (1), the Netherlands (1), Spain (5), United States (9: Colorado, Texas)
• Jurassic of the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 19 collections including 24 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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