Palaeoxanthopsis Beurlen 1958 (crab)

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

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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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