Jurapylocheles van Bakel et al. 2008 (hermit crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda

family uncertain

Full reference: B. W. M. van Bakel, R. H. B. Fraaije, J. W. M. Jagt and P. Artal. 2008. An unexpected diversity of Late Jurassic hermit crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura) in Central Europe. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 250(2):137-156

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

See also van Bakel et al. 2008

Sister taxa: Ammopylocheles, Annuntidiogenidae, Calcinidae, Coenobitidae, Diogenidae, Eopaguropsis, Eotylaspis, Orhomalus, Paguridae, Parapaguridae, Parapylochelidae, Pylochelidae, Schobertellidae, Xylopaguridae

Subtaxa: Jurapylocheles malutka

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Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Quarry Am Saufang near Geisingen (Jurassic of Germany)

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