Malacostraca - Decapoda - Euryplacidae
Full reference: H. Karasawa and C. E. Schweitzer. 2004. Revision of the genus Glyphithyreus Reuss, 1859 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Xanthoidea) and recognition of a new genus. Paleontological Research 8:143-154
Parent taxon: Euryplacidae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2022
See also Karasawa and Schweitzer 2006 and Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Baldoplax, Chlinocephalus, Corallicarcinus, Eucrate, Euryplax, Orbitoplax, Paleopsopheticus, Prealpiplax, Simonellia, Stoaplax, Viaplax
Subtaxa: Chirinocarcinus wichmanni
Type: Glyphithyreus wichmanni
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Argentina (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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