Malacostraca - Decapoda - Longodromitidae
Full reference: J. T. Woods. 1953. Brachyura from the Cretaceous of Central Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 13(1):50-57
Parent taxon: Longodromitidae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2012
See also Bishop 1983, Collins 2002, Glaessner 1980, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Schweitzer and Feldmann 2011
Sister taxa: Abyssophthalmus, Acareprosopon, Antarctiprosopon, Coelopus, Cuchiadromites, Garrafosopon, Glaessnerella, Juranecrocarcinus, Levashidromites, Longodromites, Navarrara, Pilidromia, Planoprosopon, Rosadromites, Vespridromites
Subtaxa: Dioratiopus angusta Dioratiopus dawsonensis Dioratiopus depressa Dioratiopus hearttailensis Dioratiopus latteri Dioratiopus primitivus Dioratiopus salebrosus Dioratiopus scotti Dioratiopus spinosa
Type: Dioratiopus hearttailensis
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Australia (3 collections), the United Kingdom (2), United States (2: Montana, South Dakota)
• Jurassic of the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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