Micromaia Bittner 1875 (spider crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Majidae

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

Parent taxon: Micromaiinae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2020

See also Beschin et al. 1994, Beschin et al. 2010, Beschin et al. 2006, Beschin et al. 2012, De Angeli and Beschin 2008, Muller and Collins 1991, Quayle and Collins 1981, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Cromimaia, Mithracia, Ommaciria, Pisomaia

Subtaxa: Micromaia gulderritteri Micromaia punctulata Micromaia spinosa Micromaia tuberculata

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Type: Micromaia tuberculata

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Italy (1 collection)

• Eocene of Hungary (1), Italy (3), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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