Distefania Checchia-Rispolli 1914 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Goniodromitidae

= Cyphonotus Bell, 1863

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Synonym: Cyphonotus Bell 1863 [replaced name]

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

See also Jagt et al. 2007, Schweitzer et al. 2010, Schweitzer and Feldmann 2010, Schweitzer et al. 2012 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Biohermia, Cycloprosopon, Cyclothyreus, Eodromites, Goniodromites, Maurimia, Microcorystes, Navarradromites, Palaeodromites, Paradistefania, Pithonoton, Plagiophthalmus, Sabellidromites, Trachynotocarcinus, Trechmannius

Subtaxa: Distefania autissiodorensis Distefania calva Distefania cryptica Distefania dacia Distefania himeraensis Distefania incerta Distefania lauginigeri Distefania oxythyreiformis Distefania renefraaijei Distefania renevieri Distefania sinuososulcata Distefania transiens

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Type: Distefania himeraensis

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Belgium (1 collection), France (3), Mexico (1), Spain (3), the United Kingdom (3), United States (1: Delaware)

• Jurassic of Austria (1), the Czech Republic (1), Romania (2)

Total: 16 collections including 18 occurrences

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