Xanthilites bowerbanki Bell 1858

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Tumidocarcinidae

Alternative combination: Xanthilites bowerbankii

Full reference: T. Bell. 1858. A Monograph of the Fossil Malacostracous Crustacea of Great Britain, Part I. Crustacea of the London Clay. Palaeontographical Society Monograph 10:1-44

Belongs to Xanthilites according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2018

See also Bell 1858, Schweitzer 2005 and Schweitzer et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Xanthilites alabamensis, Xanthilites gerthi, Xanthilites interpunctatus, Xanthilites pentagonalis, Xanthilites rathbunae, Xanthilites traubi, Xanthilites verrucoides

Distribution: found only at No. 2 Pit, Aveley, Essex - London Clay (Eocene of the United Kingdom)

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