Brachypyge Woodward 1878 (arthropod)

Arachnida - Trigonotarbida - Anthracomartidae

Full reference: H. Woodward. 1878. Discovery of the remains of a fossil crab (Decapoda-Brachyura) in the coal-measures of the environs of Mons, Belgium. The Geological Magazine, New Series, Decade II 5:433-436

Parent taxon: Anthracomartidae according to J. A. Dunlop et al. 2013

See also Petrunkevitch 1945, Petrunkevitch 1953 and Pruvost 1922

Sister taxa: Anthracomartus, Eurymartus, Eurymartus latus, Maiocercus

Subtaxa: Brachypyge carbonis

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of Belgium (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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