Glyphithyreus Macleay 1838 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Panopeidae

Synonym: Plagiolophus Bell 1858 [replaced name]

Parent taxon: Eucratopsinae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010

See also Feldmann et al. 1998, Feldmann et al. 1995, Fraaije et al. 2007, Karasawa and Schweitzer 2004, Rathbun 1926, Rathbun 1935, Schweitzer et al. 2016, Sepkoski 2002 and Squires 1984

Sister taxa: Balcacarcinus, Bittnereus, Carinocarcinus, Palaeograpsus

Subtaxa: Glyphithyreus bendensis Glyphithyreus ellipticus Glyphithyreus ellipticusdup Glyphithyreus formosus Glyphithyreus sulcatus Glyphithyreus wetherelli

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Type: Glyphithyreus formosus

Ecology: infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Hungary (1 collection)

• Eocene of France (4), the Netherlands (1), Nigeria (1), Pakistan (2)

• Paleogene of Belgium (1)

• Paleocene of Pakistan (1), Spain (1)

Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence

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