Malacostraca - Decapoda - Panopeidae
Synonym: Plagiolophus Bell 1858 [replaced name]
Parent taxon: Eucratopsinae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2021
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. 2010, Schweitzer et al. 2016, Sepkoski 2002 and Squires 1984
Sister taxa: Balcacarcinus, Bittnereus, Carinocarcinus, Palaeograpsus, Prionoplax
Subtaxa: Glyphithyreus bendensis Glyphithyreus ellipticus Glyphithyreus formosus Glyphithyreus sulcatus Glyphithyreus wetherelli
Type: Glyphithyreus formosus
Ecology: infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Hungary (1 collection)
• Eocene of France (4), the Netherlands (1), Nigeria (1), Pakistan (2)
• Paleocene of Pakistan (1), Spain (1)
• Paleogene of Belgium (1)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (1)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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