Diaulax Bell 1863 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Diaulacidae

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

Parent taxon: Diaulacidae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2012

See also Luque et al. 2017, Schweitzer et al. 2003, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Diaulax carteriana Diaulax feliceps Diaulax italica Diaulax millerae Diaulax oweni Diaulax rosablanca Diaulax yokoii

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Type: Diaulax carteriana

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Italy (1 collection)

• Cretaceous of Colombia (1), Japan (2), the United Kingdom (2)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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