Malacostraca - Decapoda - Glypheidae

Full reference: A. Garassino, A. De Angeli, and G. Pasini. 2008. New decapod assemblage from the Upper Creaceous (Cenomanian-Turonian) of Gara Sbaa, southeastern Morocco. Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano 149(1):37-67

Belongs to Glyphea according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010

See also Garassino et al. 2008

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 damesi, Glyphea dressieri, Glyphea eureka, Glyphea ferruginea, Glyphea foresti, 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 i26818, a carapace. Its type locality is Gara Sbaa (MSNM collection), which is in a Cenomanian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Akrabou Formation of Morocco.

Ecology: infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Gara Sbaa (MSNM collection)

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