Malacostraca - Decapoda - Zanthopsidae
Full reference: J. S. H. Collins and S. L. Jakobsen. 2003. New crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda) from the Eocene (Ypresian/Lutetian) Lillebaelt Clay Formation of Jutland, Denmark. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 30:63-96
Parent taxon: Zanthopsidae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2018
See also Karasawa and Schweitzer 2006 and Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Amekicarcinus, Harpactocarcinus, Harpactoxanthopsis, Lovaracarcinus, Martinetta, Neozanthopsis, Zanthopsis
Subtaxa: Fredericia barsoei Fredericia kurdistanensis
Type: Fredericia barsoei
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Denmark (1 collection)
• Paleocene of Romania (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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