Kromtitis pentagonalis Muller and Collins 1991 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Dynomenidae

Alternative combination: Paradynomene pentagonalis

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 Kromtitis according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010

See also Beschin et al. 2016, Beschin et al. 2018 and Muller and Collins 1991

Sister taxa: Kromtitis bicuspidatus, Kromtitis daniensis, Kromtitis isabenensis, Kromtitis koberi, Kromtitis koberiformis, Kromtitis levigatus, Kromtitis lluisprietoi, Kromtitis lothi, Kromtitis pseudolothi, Kromtitis spinulata, Kromtitis subovatus, Kromtitis tergospinosus, Kromtitis tetratuberculatus

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

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Italy (2 collections)

• Paleogene of Hungary (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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