Trachysoma Bell 1858 (decapod)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Glypheidae

Full reference: T. Bell. 1858. A Monograph of the Fossil Malacostracous Crustacea of Great Britain, Part I. Crustacea of the London Clay. Palaeontographical Society Monograph 10:1-44

Parent taxon: Glypheidae according to R. M. Feldmann et al. 2015

See also Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Angarestia, Cedrillosia, Glyphea, Glypheopsis, Heteroglyphaea, Paraglyphea, Rectaglyphea, Squamosoglyphea

Subtaxa: Trachysoma alpina Trachysoma antipodum Trachysoma cretacea Trachysoma granulosa Trachysoma heeri Trachysoma lundgreni Trachysoma pustulosa Trachysoma robusta Trachysoma rostrata Trachysoma sanctaecrucis Trachysoma scabrum Trachysoma terquemi Trachysoma tomesi

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Type: Trachysoma scabrum

Ecology: infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Poland (1 collection), the United Kingdom (1)

• Jurassic of France (1), Greenland (4), New Zealand (1), Switzerland (1), the United Kingdom (5)

Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence

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