Malacostraca - Decapoda - Mathildellidae
Full reference: A. De Angeli and C. Beschin. 2002. Branchioplax albertii, nuova specie di Goneplacidae (Crustacea, Decapoda) dell'Eocene di Cava 'Main' di Arzignano (Vicenza - Italia Settentrionale). Lavori - Società Veneziana di Scienze Naturali 27:125-130
Belongs to Branchioplax according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Beschin et al. 2006, De Angeli and Beschin 2002 and De Angeli and Caporiondo 2009
Sister taxa: Branchioplax ballingi, Branchioplax bidentata, Branchioplax carmanahensis, Branchioplax concinna, Branchioplax cordata, Branchioplax parva, Branchioplax pentagonalis, Branchioplax rossii, Branchioplax sulcata, Branchioplax washingtoniana
Type specimen: MCZ I.G. 286340, a carapace. Its type locality is Cava Main di Arzignano, which is in a Lutetian carbonate limestone in Italy.
Ecology: infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Italy (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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