Malacostraca - Decapoda - Scyllaridae
Full reference: M. J. Rathbun. 1935. Fossil Crustacea of the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain. Geological Society of America Special Paper (2)1-160
Parent taxon: Scyllaridae according to R. M. Feldmann and C. E. Schweitzer 2017
See also Schweitzer et al. 2010, Schweitzer et al. 2015 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acanthophoenicides, Antarctus, Arctides, Arctidinae, Bathyarctus, Biarctus, Charbelicaris, Crenarctus, Galearctus, Llajassus, Neoscyllarida, Palibacus, Parribacus, Parsacus, Scyllarides, Scyllarus
Subtaxa: Scyllarella aspera Scyllarella gardneri Scyllarella gibbera
Type: Scyllarella gibbera
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (1: Alabama collection)
• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 2 collections including 3 occurrences
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