Xanthosia gibbosa Bell 1863 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Etyidae

Full reference: T. Bell. 1863. A Monograph of the Fossil Malacostracous Crustacea, Part II. Crustacea of the Gault and Greensand. Palaeontographical Society Monograph 14(63):1-40

Belongs to Xanthosia according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2017

See also Bell 1863, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Schweitzer et al. 2012

Sister taxa: Xanthosia americana, Xanthosia arcuata, Xanthosia buchii, Xanthosia buteonis, Xanthosia danielae, Xanthosia delicata, Xanthosia elegans, Xanthosia fischeri, Xanthosia fossa, Xanthosia gracilis, Xanthosia granulosa, Xanthosia occidentalis, Xanthosia robertsi, Xanthosia sakoi, Xanthosia semiornata, Xanthosia similis, Xanthosia socialis, Xanthosia spinosa, Xanthosia wintoni, Xanthosia zoquiapensis

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Ankerpoort-'t Rooth (Nekami) quarry (lower Meerssen Mb) (Cretaceous of Netherlands)

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