Paraxanthosia Muller and Collins 1991 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda

Full reference: P. Muller and J. S. H. Collins. 1991. Late Eocene Coral-Associated Decapods (Crustacea) From Hungary. Contributions to Tertiary and Quaternary Geology 28(2-3):47-92

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

See also Beschin et al. 2018, Karasawa and Schweitzer 2006, Muller and Collins 1991 and Schweitzer et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Actaeites, Actaeopsis, Alponella, Bernuffius, Caprocancer, Colpocaris, Cretachlorodius, Eoxanthias, Frontelata, Gwana, Haydnella, Megaxantho, Muelleroplax, Nogarolia, Panopeidae, Pilumnomimus, Pregeryona, Prochlorodius, Pseudorhombilidae, Sculptoplax, Syphaxiella, Telphusograpsus, Vestenanovia, Woodbinax, Xanthidae, Xanthosioides

Subtaxa: Paraxanthosia budensis

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Type: Paraxanthosia budensis

Ecology: infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Italy (1 collection)

• Paleogene of Hungary (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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