†Nykteripteryx Klompmaker et al. 2012 (decapod)
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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.E. Schweitzer et al. 2023
See also Klompmaker et al. 2012 and Robins et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Annieporcellana, Catillogalathea, Galatheites, Hispanigalathea, Muelleristhes, Serraphylctaena, Tuberosagalathea, Vasconilia
Subtaxa: Nykteripteryx rostrata
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Koskobilo quarry, Alsasua (Cretaceous of Spain)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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