Dromia fossata Muller and Collins 1991 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Dromiidae

Full reference: P. Muller and J. S. H. Collins. 1991. Late Eocene Coral-Associated Decapods (Crustacea) From Hungary. Contributions to Tertiary and Quaternary Geology 28(2-3):47-92

Belongs to Dromia according to C. Beschin et al. 2018

Sister taxa: Dromia anomala, Dromia dormia, Dromia neogenica, Dromia personata, Dromia subglobosa, Dromia wilsoni, Dromia wilsonii

Type specimen: Its type locality is Szepvolgy Limestory Facies 4, which is in a Paleogene marine limestone in Hungary

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Campolongo di Val Liona

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