Pleolobites Remy 1960 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda

Parent taxon: Portunoidea according to À. Ossó et al. 2022

See also Glaessner 1969, Karasawa and Schweitzer 2006, Karasawa et al. 2008, Schweitzer et al. 2010, Schweitzer et al. 2021 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Carcineretidae, Carcinidae, Eogeryonidae, Geryonidae, Lithophylacidae, Longusorbiidae, Portunidae, Psammocarcinidae, Rhachiosoma

Subtaxa: Pleolobites erinaceus

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Type: Pleolobites erinaceus

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Cote D'Ivoire (4 collections)

• Paleocene of Togo (1)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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