Malacostraca - Decapoda - Konidromitidae
Synonym: Oxythyreus [replaced name]
Full reference: C. E. Schweitzer and R. M. Feldmann. 2010. A new family of Mesozoic Brachyura (Glaessneropsoidea) and reevaluation of Distefania Checchia-Rispoli, 1917 (Homolodromioidea: Goniodromitidae). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 256(3):363-380
Parent taxon: Konidromitidae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2012
See also Schweitzer et al. 2010, Schweitzer and Feldmann 2010 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxon: Concavolateris
Subtaxa: Konidromites gibbus Konidromites izetti Konidromites schneideri Oxythyreus bjorki Oxythyreus izetti
Type: Oxythyreus gibbus
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (2: Colorado, South Dakota collections)
• Jurassic of Austria (1), the Czech Republic (1), Romania (2)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
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