Family Goniochelidae Schweitzer and Feldmann 2011 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Goniochelidae

Full reference: C. E. Schweitzer and R. M. Feldmann. 2011. New fossil Brachyura (Decapoda: Homoloidea, Dorippoidea, Carpilioidea) from the United Kingdom. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 37:1-11

Parent taxon: Dorippoidea according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2021

See also Luque et al. 2017 and Schweitzer and Feldmann 2011

Sister taxa: Dorippidae, Ethusidae, Telamonocarcinidae

Subtaxa: Goniochele

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Type: Goniochele

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Panama (1 collection)

• Eocene of Denmark (1), the United Kingdom (1)

• Paleogene of Belgium (1)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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