Plagiophthalmus Bell 1863 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Goniodromitidae

Alternative spelling: Plagiophthalmous

Full reference: T. Bell. 1863. A Monograph of the Fossil Malacostracous Crustacea, Part II. Crustacea of the Gault and Greensand. Palaeontographical Society Monograph 14(63):1-40

Parent taxon: Goniodromitidae according to C. Beschin et al. 2016

See also Bishop 1988, Feldmann et al. 1993, Schweitzer and Feldmann 2008, Schweitzer et al. 2010, Schweitzer et al. 2012 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Biohermia, Cycloprosopon, Cyclothyreus, Distefania, Eodromites, Goniodromites, Maurimia, Microcorystes, Navarradromites, Palaeodromites, Paradistefania, Pithonotinae, Pithonoton, Sabellidromites, Trachynotocarcinus, Trechmannius

Subtaxa: Plagiophthalmus collinsi Plagiophthalmus nitonensis Plagiophthalmus oviformis

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Type: Plagiophthalmus oviformis

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Antarctica (1 collection), France (3), the United Kingdom (2)

Total: 6 collections including 7 occurrences

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