Malacostraca - Decapoda - Zanthopsidae
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: Zanthopsidae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2018
See also Karasawa and Schweitzer 2006, Luque et al. 2017, Schweitzer 2003 and Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Amekicarcinus, Fredericia, Harpactocarcinus, Harpactoxanthopsis, Lovaracarcinus, Martinetta, Zanthopsis
Subtaxa: Neozanthopsis achalzicus Neozanthopsis americanus Neozanthopsis bruckmanni Neozanthopsis carolinensis Neozanthopsis rathbunae Neozanthopsis sonthofenensis Neozanthopsis sonthofensis Neozanthopsis tridentata
Type: Harpactocarcinus americanus
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Italy (2 collections), United States (12: Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
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