Malacostraca - Decapoda - Palaeoxanthopsidae
Full reference: C. E. Schweitzer. 2003. Utility of Proxy Characters for Classification of Fossils: An Example from the Fossil Xanthoidea (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura). Journal of Paleontology 77(6):1107-1128
Parent taxon: Palaeoxanthopsidae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2018
See also Armstrong et al. 2009, Karasawa and Schweitzer 2006, Luque et al. 2017, Martínez-Díaz et al. 2017, Schweitzer 2003, Schweitzer 2005, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Vega et al. 2007
Sister taxa: Hyphalocarcinus, Jakobsenius, Lobulata, Palaeoxantho, Palaeoxanthopsis, Remia, Rocacarcinus, Tehuacana, Verrucoides
Subtaxa: Paraverrucoides alabamensis
Type: Xanthilites alabamensis
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Mexico (1 collection), United States (3: Alabama, Texas)
• Paleogene of Mexico (1)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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