Malacostraca - Decapoda - Carpiliidae
Full reference: W. C. Blow and R. B. Manning. 1996. Preliminary descriptions of 25 new decapod crustaceans from the middle Eocene of the Carolinas, U.S.A. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 29:1-26
Parent taxon: Carpiliidae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2018
See also Beschin et al. 2016, Blow and Manning 1996, Feldmann et al. 1998, Fraaije et al. 2007, Karasawa and Schweitzer 2006, Schweitzer 2003, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Braggicarpilius, Bryocarpilius, Carpilius, Corallicarpilius, Holcocarcinus, Laticarpilius, Liopsalis, Lovaracarpilius, Maurocarpilius, Montemagralia, Ocalina, Palaeocarpilius, Paraocalina, Proxicarpilius, Tethyscarpilius
Subtaxa: Eocarpilius anomalus Eocarpilius antiquus Eocarpilius blowi Eocarpilius carolinensis Eocarpilius lessineus
Type: Eocarpilius carolinensis
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Italy (1 collection), the Netherlands (1), United States (6: North Carolina, South Carolina)
• Paleocene of Spain (1)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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