Malacostraca - Decapoda - Coleiidae
Synonyms: Archaeastacus Bate 1884, Palaeopolycheles
Full reference: W. J. Broderip. 1835. Description of some fossil Crustacea and Radiata. Proceedings of the Geological Society of London 2:201-202
Parent taxon: Coleiidae according to R. M. Feldmann et al. 2013
See also Garassino and Gironi 2006, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Hellerocaris, Proeryon, Pseudocoleia, Tropifer
Subtaxa: Coleia antiqua Coleia barrovensis Coleia boboi Coleia bredonensis Coleia brodiei Coleia crassichelis Coleia incerta Coleia longipes Coleia martinlutheri Coleia mediterranea Coleia moorei Coleia morierei Coleia pinnai Coleia popeyei Coleia sibirica Coleia sinuata Coleia tenuichelis Coleia uzume Coleia viallii Coleia wilmcotensis
Type: Coleia antiqua
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Germany (4 collections), Italy (1), the United Kingdom (12)
• Triassic of Italy (1), Japan (1), the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 21 collections including 26 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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