†Globihexapus Schweitzer and Feldmann 2001 (crab)
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Malacostraca - Decapoda - Varunidae
Full reference: C. E. Schweitzer and R. M. Feldmann. 2001. Differentiation of the fossil Hexapodidae Miers, 1886 (Decapoda: Brachyura) from similar forms. Journal of Paleontology 75(2):330-345
Parent taxon: Asthenognathinae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2023
See also Schweitzer and Feldmann 2001 and Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxon: Asthenognathus
Subtaxa: Globihexapus kosekii Globihexapus paxillus
Type: Globihexapus paxillus
Ecology: infaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (2: Oregon collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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