Cretatrizocheles Fraaije et al. 2012 (hermit crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Pylochelidae

Full reference: R. H. B. Fraaije, A. A. Klompmaker, and P. Artal. 2012. New species, genera and a family of hermit crabs (Crustacea, Anomura, Paguroidea) from a mid-Cretaceous reef of Navarra, northern Spain. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 263(1):85-92

Parent taxon: Pylochelidae according to R. H. B. Fraaije et al. 2012

Sister taxa: Mixtopagurinae, Trizocheles, Trizochelinae

Subtaxa: Cretatrizocheles olazagutiensis

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Type: Cretatrizocheles olazagutiensis

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Koskobilo quarry, Alsasua (Cretaceous of Spain)

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