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 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Archaeoportunidae, Carcineretidae, Carcinidae, Catoptridae, Eogeryonidae, Geryonidae, Icriocarcinidae, Lithophylacidae, Longusorbiidae, Macropipidae, Ovalipidae, Pirimelidae, Portunidae, Psammocarcinidae, Rhachiosoma, Thiidae

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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