Pilodius Dana 1851 (stone crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Xanthidae

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: Chlorodiellinae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2021

See also Dana 1851, Karasawa 1993, Karasawa and Schweitzer 2006 and Schweitzer et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Chlorodiella, Chlorodinae, Cyclodius

Subtaxa: Pilodius granulatus Pilodius nigrocrinitus Pilodius parvus Pilodius pugil Pilodius vulgaris

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Ecology: infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Austria (1 collection), Japan (1)

• Neogene of Poland (1)

• Oligocene of Canada (7: British Columbia), United States (35: Oregon, Washington)

• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Washington)

Total: 46 collections including 47 occurrences

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