Malacostraca - Decapoda - Carpiliidae
Full reference: R. M. Feldmann, C. E. Schweitzer, O. Bennett, O. D. Franţescu, N. Resar and A. Trudeau. 2011. New Eocene Brachyura (Crustacea: Decapoda) from Egypt. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 262:323-353
Parent taxon: Carpiliidae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2018
See also Beschin et al. 2018 and Feldmann et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Braggicarpilius, Carpilius, Corallicarpilius, Eocarpilius, Holcocarcinus, Laticarpilius, Liopsalis, Lovaracarpilius, Maurocarpilius, Montemagralia, Ocalina, Palaeocarpilius, Paraocalina, Proxicarpilius, Tethyscarpilius
Subtaxa: Bryocarpilius apsidorsalis Bryocarpilius aquilinus Bryocarpilius stratensis
Type: Palaeocarpilius aquilinus
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Egypt (1 collection), Italy (1), Libya (2)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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