Malacostraca - Decapoda - Glypheidae
Full reference: A. Garassino. 2001. New decapod crustaceans from the Cenomanian (Upper Cretaceous) of Lebanon. Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano 141(2):237-250
Belongs to Glyphea according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Garassino 2001
Sister taxa: Glyphea alexandri, Glyphea arborinsularis, Glyphea bathonica, Glyphea bicarinata, Glyphea bohemica, Glyphea bronnii, Glyphea calloviensis, Glyphea carinata, Glyphea carolinensis, Glyphea carteri, Glyphea christeyi, Glyphea couloni, Glyphea crassa, Glyphea cretacea, Glyphea eureka, Glyphea ferruginea, Glyphea foresti, Glyphea garasbaaensis, Glyphea georgianus, Glyphea gussmanni, Glyphea hennigi, Glyphea jeletzkyi, Glyphea jurensis, Glyphea liasina, Glyphea lyrica, Glyphea macromuscula, Glyphea magnevillii, Glyphea mazetieri, Glyphea meyeri, Glyphea meyeri, Glyphea micheleae, Glyphea muensteri, Glyphea neocomiensis, Glyphea oculata, Glyphea pisuergae, Glyphea prestwichi, Glyphea pseudoscylarus, Glyphea pseudoscyllarus, Glyphea regleyana, Glyphea reticulata, Glyphea riazi, Glyphea rigoi, Glyphea rosenkrantzi, Glyphea serratosai, Glyphea solitaria, Glyphea spinulosa, Glyphea stilwelli, Glyphea stokesi, Glyphea tantalus, Glyphea tenuis, Glyphea tonelloi, Glyphea tricarinata, Glyphea vectensis, Glyphea viohli, Glyphea wiffenae, Glyphea willetti, Glyphea yoshiakii
Type specimen: MSNM i25122, a carapace. Its type locality is Hadjoula (MSNM collection), which is in a Cenomanian carbonate carbonate in Lebanon.
Ecology: infaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Hadjoula (MSNM collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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