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†Polycnemidium Reuss 1859 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda

Parent taxon: Dromiacea according to C.E. Schweitzer and R.M. Feldmann 2024

See also Glaessner 1969, Karasawa et al. 2014, Schweitzer et al. 2003, Schweitzer et al. 2010, Schweitzer et al. 2016 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Ameridromia, Cyamocarcinus, Dromioidea, Dromiopsis, Eotrachynotocarcinus, Gemmellarocarcinus, Glaessneropsoidea, Glyptodynomene, Homolodromioidea, Konidromitoidea, Mesodromilites, Moravacarcininae, Oonoton, Ovamene, Roemerus, Stephanometopon

Subtaxa: Polycnemidium pustulosum Polycnemidium pustulosus

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Type: Dromilites pustulosus

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Hochpetsch bei BĂ­lina (Cretaceous of Czechia)

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


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