Tetralia Dana 1851 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Tetraliidae

Full reference: J. D. Dana. 1851. On the Classification of the Cancroidea; III. Zoology. Scientific Intelligence. American Journal of Science and Arts, second series, XII 34:121-131

Parent taxon: Tetraliidae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2021

See also Beschin et al. 2016, Beschin et al. 2018, Dana 1851, De Angeli et al. 2010, Karasawa and Schweitzer 2006, Muller and Collins 1991 and Schweitzer et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Eurotetralia, Paratetralia, Scutata

Subtaxa: Tetralia glaberrima Tetralia loerentheyi Tetralia minuta Tetralia vicetina

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Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Italy (2 collections)

• Eocene of Italy (2)

• Paleogene of Hungary (1)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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