Thaumastoplax (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Hexapodidae

Parent taxon: Hexapodidae according to C. E. Schweitzer 2005

See also Feldmann et al. 1995, Rathbun 1909, Rathbun 1918, Schweitzer and Feldmann 2001 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Bellhexapus, Eohexapus, Eurohexapus, Goniocypoda, Headonipus, Hexapinus, Hexaplax, Hexapodinae, Hexapus, Holthuisea, Lambdophallus, Latohexapus, Mariaplax, Paeduma, Palaeopinnixa, Parahexapus, Pseudohexapus, Spiroplax, Stevea, Tritoplax

Subtaxa: Thaumastoplax anomalipes Thaumastoplax chuenensis Thaumastoplax eocenica Thaumastoplax orientalis Thaumastoplax prima

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Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Panama (1 collection), Trinidad and Tobago (1)

• Eocene of Peru (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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