Malacostraca - Decapoda - Carpiliidae
Full reference: J. S. H. Collins and S. F. Morris. 1978. New Lower Tertiary Crabs from Pakistan. Palaeontology 21(4):957-981
Parent taxon: Carpiliidae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2018
See also Charbonnier et al. 2013, Collins and Morris 1978, Karasawa and Schweitzer 2006, Schweitzer 2003, Schweitzer et al. 2004, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Braggicarpilius, Bryocarpilius, Carpilius, Corallicarpilius, Eocarpilius, Holcocarcinus, Laticarpilius, Liopsalis, Lovaracarpilius, Maurocarpilius, Montemagralia, Ocalina, Palaeocarpilius, Paraocalina, Tethyscarpilius
Subtaxa: Proxicarpilius planifrons
Type: Proxicarpilius planifrons
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Pakistan (27 collections)
• Paleocene of Pakistan (1)
Total: 28 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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