Eumorphactaea scissifrons Bittner 1875 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Pilumnidae

Full reference: A. Bittner. 1875. Die brachyuyren des Vincentinschen Tertiärgebirges. Denkschriften der Kaiserlicehn Academie der Wissenschaften, Mathewmatisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe. Wien 1875:63-106

Belongs to Eumorphactaea according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2022

See also Beschin et al. 2016, Beschin et al. 2005, Beschin et al. 2012, Bittner 1875, Bittner 1883 and Schweitzer et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Eumorphactaea convexa, Eumorphactaea latifrons

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Grola di Cornedo Vicentino, near Spagnago (Eocene of Italy)

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