†family Palaeocorystidae Lorenthey and Beurlen 1929 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Palaeocorystidae

Alternative spelling: Palaeocorystinae

Parent taxon: Palaeocorystoidea according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2018

See also Franţescu et al. 2016, Karasawa et al. 2014, Luque et al. 2017, Schweitzer et al. 2009, Schweitzer et al. 2010, Tucker 1998 and van Bakel et al. 2012

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Aguadites Alessandranina Cenocorystes Cretacoranina Eucorystes Ferroranina Joeranina Notopocorystes Planocorystes Ripleycorystes

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Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Australia (1 collection), Austria (1), Belgium (1), Canada (6: British Columbia), Colombia (4), Cuba (1), France (13), Germany (3), India (1), Iran (1), Jamaica (2), Japan (11), Lebanon (1), Madagascar (4), Mexico (1), Spain (6), Switzerland (1), the United Kingdom (8), United States (13: Delaware, Mississippi, Montana, Oregon, Texas, mississippi)

Total: 79 collections including 98 occurrences

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