Malacostraca - Decapoda - Palaeoxanthopsidae
Synonym: Parazanthopsis Vega et al. 2001
Parent taxon: Palaeoxanthopsidae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2018
See also Karasawa and Schweitzer 2006, Luque et al. 2017, Schweitzer 2003, Schweitzer 2005, Schweitzer et al. 2010, Sepkoski 2002 and Vega et al. 2001
Sister taxa: Hyphalocarcinus, Jakobsenius, Lobulata, Palaeoxantho, Paraverrucoides, Remia, Rocacarcinus, Tehuacana, Verrucoides
Subtaxa: Palaeoxanthopsis cretacea Palaeoxanthopsis meyapaquensis Palaeoxanthopsis tylotus Parazanthopsis meyapaquensis
Type: Zanthopsis cretacea
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Mexico (4 collections), United States (2: Mississippi, Puerto Rico)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
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