Malacostraca - Decapoda - Majidae
Full reference: R. M. Feldmann, C. E. Schweitzer, O. Bennett, O. D. Franţescu, N. Resar and A. Trudeau. 2011. New Eocene Brachyura (Crustacea: Decapoda) from Egypt. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 262:323-353
Parent taxon: Majinae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2020
See also Feldmann et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Anacinetops, Chondromaia, Choniognathus, Eurynome, Jacquinotia, Leptomithrax, Maja, Microhalimus, Naxia, Notomithrax, Paramithrax, Pippacirama, Prismatopus, Pseudomicippe, Schizophroida, Schizophrys, Spinirostrimaia, Teratomaia, Tumulosternum, Wilsonimaia
Subtaxa: Tumidomaia batalleri Tumidomaia mokattamensis Tumidomaia priabonensis
Type: Micromaia batalleri
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Egypt (1 collection), Italy (2)
• Paleogene of Hungary (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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