Harpactoxanthopsis Via 1959 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Zanthopsidae

Full reference: L. Via. 1959. Decápodos fósiles del Eoceno español. Boletín del Instituto Geológico y Minero de España 70:1-72

Parent taxon: Zanthopsidae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2018

See also Beschin et al. 1994, Beschin et al. 1998, Beschin et al. 2010, Beschin et al. 2009, Beschin et al. 2012, Karasawa and Schweitzer 2006, Quayle and Collins 1981, Schweitzer 2003, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Amekicarcinus, Fredericia, Harpactocarcinus, Lovaracarcinus, Martinetta, Neozanthopsis, Zanthopsis

Subtaxa: Harpactoxanthopsis bittneri Harpactoxanthopsis lutugini Harpactoxanthopsis quadrilobata Harpactoxanthopsis quadrilobatus Harpactoxanthopsis souverbei Harpactoxanthopsis villaltae

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Type: Cancer quadrilobatus

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Hungary (1 collection), Italy (6), Slovakia (1), the United Kingdom (2)

• Paleogene of New Zealand (1)

Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence

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