Xanthosia americana Rathbun 1930 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Etyidae

Full reference: M. J. Rathbun. 1930. Fossil Decapod Crustaceans from Mexico. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 78:1-10

Belongs to Xanthosia according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010

See also Feldmann et al. 2018, Luque et al. 2017, Rathbun 1930 and Schweitzer et al. 2012

Sister taxa: Xanthosia arcuata, Xanthosia buchii, Xanthosia buteonis, Xanthosia danielae, Xanthosia delicata, Xanthosia elegans, Xanthosia fischeri, Xanthosia fossa, Xanthosia gibbosa, Xanthosia gracilis, Xanthosia granulosa, Xanthosia occidentalis, Xanthosia robertsi, Xanthosia sakoi, Xanthosia semiornata, Xanthosia similis, Xanthosia socialis, Xanthosia spinosa, Xanthosia wintoni, Xanthosia zoquiapensis

Type specimen: USNM 371098, a carapace

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Mexico (1 collection)

• Paleogene of Mexico (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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