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
Type: Plagiophthalmus oviformis
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (1 collection), France (3), the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 6 collections including 7 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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