Malacostraca - Decapoda - Etyidae
Full reference: G.A. Bishop. 1991. Xanthosia occidentalis Bishop, 1985, and Xanthosia spinosa, New Species, Two Late Cretaceous Crabs from the Pierre Shale of the Western Interior. Journal of Crustacean Biology 11(2):305-314
Belongs to Xanthosia according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Xanthosia americana, Xanthosia arcuata, Xanthosia buchii, Xanthosia buteonis, Xanthosia danielae, Xanthosia delicata, Xanthosia elegans, Xanthosia fischeri, Xanthosia fossa, Xanthosia gibbosa, Xanthosia gracilis, Xanthosia granulosa, Xanthosia robertsi, Xanthosia sakoi, Xanthosia semiornata, Xanthosia similis, Xanthosia socialis, Xanthosia spinosa, Xanthosia wintoni, Xanthosia zoquiapensis
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Xanthosia occidentalis in the database
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