Family Potamonautidae Bott 1970 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Potamonautidae

Parent taxon: Potamoidea according to C. E. Schweitzer and R. M. Feldmann 2020

See also Feldmann et al. 2007 and Schweitzer et al. 2010

Sister taxon: Potamidae

Subtaxa: Hydrothelphusinae Potamonautinae

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Type: Potamonautes

Ecology: infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Kenya (1 collection)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Kenya (1), Uganda (1)

• Miocene of Kenya (2)

• Oligocene of Tanzania (2)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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