Malacostraca - Decapoda - Panopeidae
Synonym: Bittneria Schweitzer and Karasawa 2004 [replaced name]
Full reference: H. Karasawa and C. E. Schweitzer. 2006. A new classification of the Xanthoidea sensu lato (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) based on phylogenetic analysis and traditional systematics and evaluation of all fossil Xanthoidea sensu lato. Contributions to Zoology 75(1/2):23-72
Parent taxon: Eucratopsinae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2021
See also Beschin et al. 2009, Beschin et al. 2016, Karasawa and Schweitzer 2006, Ros-Franch et al. 2014, Schweitzer et al. 2010, Schweitzer and Karasawa 2004 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Bittnereus, Carinocarcinus, Glyphithyreus, Palaeograpsus, Prionoplax
Subtaxa: Balcacarcinus attenuatus Bittneria attenuatus
Type: Palaeograpsus attenuatus
Ecology: infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Italy (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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