Malacostraca - Decapoda - Mathildellidae
Full reference: C. Beschin, A. Busulini, A. De Angeli and G. Tessier. 2007. I Decapodi dell’Eocene Inferiore di Contrada Gecchelina (Vicenza – Italia Settentrionale) (Anomura e Brachiura) 1-76
Belongs to Branchioplax according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Beschin et al. 2015, Beschin et al. 2007, Beschin et al. 2016 and Beschin et al. 2018
Sister taxa: Branchioplax albertii, Branchioplax ballingi, Branchioplax bidentata, Branchioplax carmanahensis, Branchioplax concinna, Branchioplax cordata, Branchioplax pentagonalis, Branchioplax rossii, Branchioplax sulcata, Branchioplax washingtoniana
Type specimen: Its type locality is Contrada Gecchelina, Monte di Malo, which is in a Ypresian platform/shelf-margin reef limestone in Italy
Ecology: infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Italy (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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