Malacostraca - Decapoda - Palaeoxanthopsidae
Full reference: F. J. Vega, T. Cosma, M. A. Coutino, R. M. Feldmann, T. G. Nyborg, C. E. Schweitzer, and D. A. Waugh. 2001. New middle Eocene decapods (Crustacea) from Chiapas, Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 75:929-946
Parent taxon: Palaeoxanthopsidae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2018
See also Karasawa and Schweitzer 2006, Luque et al. 2017, Schweitzer 2003, Schweitzer 2005 and Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Hyphalocarcinus, Jakobsenius, Lobulata, Palaeoxantho, Palaeoxanthopsis, Paraverrucoides, Remia, Rocacarcinus, Tehuacana
Subtaxa: Verrucoides stenohedra Verrucoides verrucoides
Type: Xanthilites verrucoides
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Mexico (2 collections)
• Paleogene of Mexico (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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