Scyllarella Rathbun 1935 (slipper lobster)

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

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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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