Nykteripteryx Klompmaker et al. 2012 (decapod)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Catillogalatheidae

Full reference: A. A. Klompmaker, R. M. Feldmann, C. M. Robins and C. E. Schweitzer. 2012. Peak diversity of Cretaceous galatheoids (Crustacea, Decapoda) from northern Spain. Cretaceous Research 36:125-145

Parent taxon: Catillogalatheidae according to C. M. Robins et al. 2016

See also Klompmaker et al. 2012

Sister taxa: Annieporcellana, Catillogalathea, Galatheites, Hispanigalathea, Muelleristhes, Serraphylctaena, Tuberosagalathea, Vasconilia

Subtaxa: Nykteripteryx rostrata

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Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

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

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