Malacostraca - Decapoda - Carpiliidae
Parent taxon: Carpiliidae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2018
See also Beschin et al. 1994, Beschin et al. 2012, De Angeli and Beschin 2008, De Angeli et al. 2010, Karasawa and Schweitzer 2006, Schweitzer 2003, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Braggicarpilius, Bryocarpilius, Carpilius, Corallicarpilius, Eocarpilius, Holcocarcinus, Laticarpilius, Liopsalis, Lovaracarpilius, Maurocarpilius, Montemagralia, Ocalina, Paraocalina, Proxicarpilius, Tethyscarpilius
Subtaxa: Palaeocarpilius almerae Palaeocarpilius aquitanicus Palaeocarpilius ignotus Palaeocarpilius intermedius Palaeocarpilius laevis Palaeocarpilius macrocheilus Palaeocarpilius macrochelus Palaeocarpilius mississippiensis Palaeocarpilius platycheilus Palaeocarpilius rugifer Palaeocarpilius simplex Palaeocarpilius stenurus Palaeocarpilius straeleni Palaeocarpilius valrovinensis
Type: Cancer macrochelus
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of India (1 collection), Italy (3), Oman (1)
• Eocene of Egypt (1), Hungary (2), Italy (9), United States (2: Alabama)
• Paleocene of Spain (1)
Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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