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†family Goniodromitidae Beurlen 1932 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Goniodromitidae

Parent taxon: Homolodromioidea according to F. J. Vega et al. 2019

See also Franţescu 2011, Karasawa et al. 2011, Schweitzer and Feldmann 2008, Schweitzer et al. 2010, Schweitzer and Feldmann 2010, Schweitzer et al. 2012 and Schweitzer et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Bucculentidae, Cretamaja, Eoprosopon, Homolodromiidae, Jurellanidae, Koskobilius, Longodromitidae, Prosopidae, Tanidromitidae

Subtaxa: Biohermia Cycloprosopon Cyclothyreus Distefania Eodromites Goniodromites Maurimia Microcorystes Navarradromites Palaeodromites Paradistefania Pithonotinae Pithonoton Plagiophthalmus Sabellidromites Trachynotocarcinus Trechmannius

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Type: Goniodromites

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Italy (4 collections)

• Paleocene of Jamaica (1), United States (1: Texas)

• Cretaceous of Antarctica (1), Belgium (1), France (8), Mexico (1), Spain (8), Switzerland (1), the United Kingdom (6), United States (2: Delaware, Texas)

• Jurassic of Austria (2), Czechia (1), France (4), Germany (4), Italy (1), Poland (3), Romania (19), the Russian Federation (2)

Total: 70 collections including 125 occurrences

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