Malacostraca - Decapoda - Mathildellidae
Full reference: P. Muller and J. S. H. Collins. 1991. Late Eocene Coral-Associated Decapods (Crustacea) From Hungary. Contributions to Tertiary and Quaternary Geology 28(2-3):47-92
Belongs to Branchioplax according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Beschin et al. 2015, Beschin et al. 2016 and Muller and Collins 1991
Sister taxa: Branchioplax albertii, Branchioplax ballingi, Branchioplax bidentata, Branchioplax carmanahensis, Branchioplax concinna, Branchioplax cordata, Branchioplax parva, Branchioplax pentagonalis, Branchioplax rossii, Branchioplax washingtoniana
Type specimen: Its type locality is Szepvolgy Limestory Facies 4, which is in a Paleogene marine limestone in Hungary
Ecology: infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Italy (3 collections)
• Paleogene of Hungary (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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