Malacostraca - Decapoda - Mathildellidae
Full reference: W. J. Quayle and J. S. H. Collins. 1981. New Eocene crabs from the Hampshire Basin. Palaeontology 24(4):733-758
Belongs to Branchioplax according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Quayle and Collins 1981
Sister taxa: Branchioplax albertii, Branchioplax ballingi, Branchioplax bidentata, Branchioplax carmanahensis, Branchioplax cordata, Branchioplax parva, Branchioplax pentagonalis, Branchioplax rossii, Branchioplax sulcata, Branchioplax washingtoniana
Type specimen: BMNH In.61729, a carapace. Its type locality is Horizon J, Christchurch Bay (Quayle collection), which is in a Bartonian coastal claystone in the Becton Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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