Distefania dacia Schweitzer and Feldmann 2010 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Goniodromitidae

Full reference: C. E. Schweitzer and R. M. Feldmann. 2010. A new family of Mesozoic Brachyura (Glaessneropsoidea) and reevaluation of Distefania Checchia-Rispoli, 1917 (Homolodromioidea: Goniodromitidae). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 256(3):363-380

Belongs to Distefania according to C. E. Schweitzer and R. M. Feldmann 2010

Sister taxa: Distefania autissiodorensis, Distefania calva, Distefania cryptica, Distefania himeraensis, Distefania incerta, Distefania lauginigeri, Distefania oxythyreiformis, Distefania renefraaijei, Distefania renevieri, Distefania sinuososulcata, Distefania transiens

Type specimen: LPBIIIart-096, a carapace

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Purcăreni (Jurassic of Romania)

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