Protomunida Beurlen 1930 (decapod)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Munididae

Parent taxon: Munididae according to C.E. Schweitzer et al. 2023

See also Beschin et al. 2016, Bishop 1985, Klompmaker and Robins 2019, Klompmaker et al. 2022, Muller and Collins 1991, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Agononida, Austromunida, Cretagalathea, Juracrista, Muellermunida, Munida, Tethysmunida, Valamunida

Subtaxa: Protomunida bennickei Protomunida eurekantha Protomunida kambuehelensis Protomunida munidoides Protomunida pentacantha Protomunida pentaspinosa Protomunida primaeva Protomunida spitzbergica

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Type: Galathea munidoides

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Italy (1 collection)

• Paleocene of Austria (1), Denmark (2), Germany (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1)

• Paleogene of Hungary (1)

Total: 7 collections including 8 occurrences

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