†family Retrorsichelidae Feldmann et al. 1993 (decapod)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Retrorsichelidae

Full reference: R. M. Feldmann, D. M. Tshudy, and M. R. A. Thomson. 1993. Late Cretaceous and Paleocene decapod crustaceans from James Ross Basin, Antarctic Peninsula. The Paleontological Society Memoir 28:1-41

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

See also Feldmann et al. 1993

Sister taxa: Aeglidae, Catillogalatheidae, Galatheidae, Munididae, Munidopsidae, Ovocarcinus, Paragalatheidae, Porcellanidae

Subtaxa: Retrorsichela

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Ecology: infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Antarctica (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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