Malacostraca - Decapoda - Hexapodidae
Full reference: H. Woodward. 1867. On a new genus of shore-crab, Goniocypoda edwardsi from the Lower Eocene of Hampshire. The Geological Magazine 4(42):529-531
Parent taxon: Hexapodidae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2022
See also Fraaije et al. 2007, Karasawa and Schweitzer 2006, Schweitzer 2005, Schweitzer and Feldmann 2001, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Bellhexapus, Eohexapus, Eurohexapus, Headonipus, Hexapinus, Hexaplax, Hexapodinae, Hexapus, Holthuisea, Lambdophallus, Latohexapus, Mariaplax, Paeduma, Palaeopinnixa, Parahexapus, Pseudohexapus, Spiroplax, Stevea, Thaumastoplax, Tritoplax
Subtaxa: Goniocypoda audensis Goniocypoda collinsi Goniocypoda edwardsi Goniocypoda elmorensis Goniocypoda quaylei Goniocypoda rajasthanica Goniocypoda sindensis Goniocypoda sulcata Goniocypoda tessieri Goniocypoda transsilvanica Goniocypoda verheyeni
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Egypt (1 collection), France (1), the Netherlands (1), the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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