Pristinaspina Schweitzer and Feldmann 2000 (decapod)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Chirostylidae

Full reference: C. E. Schweitzer and R. M. Feldmann. 2000. First notice of the Chirostylidae (Decapoda) in the fossil record and new Tertiary Galatheidae (Decapoda) from the Americas. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum (27)147-165

Parent taxon: Chirostylidae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010

See also Schweitzer and Feldmann 2000

Sister taxa: Chirostylus, Eouroptychus, Eumunida, Gastroptychus, Pseudomunida, Uroptychus

Subtaxa: Pristinaspina gelasina

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Type: Pristinaspina gelasina

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Pristinaspina in the database

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