Malacostraca - Decapoda - Carpiliidae
Parent taxon: Carpiliidae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2018
See also Beschin et al. 2015, Beschin et al. 2016, Beschin et al. 2018, Beschin et al. 2016, Dana 1851, Karasawa 1993, Karasawa and Schweitzer 2006, Rathbun 1918, Schweitzer 2003, Schweitzer et al. 2000, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Braggicarpilius, Bryocarpilius, Corallicarpilius, Eocarpilius, Holcocarcinus, Laticarpilius, Liopsalis, Lovaracarpilius, Maurocarpilius, Montemagralia, Ocalina, Palaeocarpilius, Paraocalina, Proxicarpilius, Tethyscarpilius
Subtaxa: Carpilius antiquus Carpilius cantellii Carpilius convexus Carpilius corallinus Carpilius lwangi Carpilius maculatus Carpilius occidentalis Carpilius petreus
Type: Cancer maculatus
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Barbados (1 collection), Jamaica (3)
• Miocene of Argentina (1), Austria (1), Hungary (1), Japan (1), Malta (1), Panama (1)
• Neogene of Poland (1)
• Oligocene of Panama (1)
• Eocene of Italy (6), United States (1: Washington)
Total: 19 collections including 20 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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