Infraorder Polychelida Scholtz and Richter 1995 (decapod)

Malacostraca - Decapoda

Parent taxon: Pleocyemata according to C.E. Schweitzer and R.M. Feldmann 2023

See also De Grave et al. 2009, Hegna et al. 2020 and Wolfe et al. 2019

Sister taxa: Achelata, Astacidea, Axiidea, Caridea, Gebiidea, Procaridea, Reptantia, Stenopodea, Stenopodidea

Subtaxa: Adamanteryon Eopolycheles Eryonoidea Tonneleryon

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Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (1 collection)

• Oligocene of United States (1: Washington)

• Eocene of United States (1: Washington)

• Cretaceous of Switzerland (1)

• Jurassic of Antarctica (2), Canada (1: British Columbia), France (5), Germany (8), Italy (3), Switzerland (1), the United Kingdom (16)

• Triassic of Austria (2), Italy (10), Japan (1), Slovenia (1), the United Kingdom (3)

Total: 57 collections including 97 occurrences

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