Paragalathea ubaghsi Pelseneer 1886 (decapod)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Paragalatheidae

Alternative combination: Galathea ubaghsi

Full reference: P. Pelseneer. 1886. Notice sur les Crustacés décapodes du Maastrichtien du Limbourg. Bulletin du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique 4(3):161-175

Belongs to Paragalathea according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010

See also Collins et al. 1995 and Pelseneer 1886

Sister taxa: Paragalathea africana, Paragalathea arcella, Paragalathea crenarvina, Paragalathea ornatissima, Paragalathea patrulius, Paragalathea ternata, Paragalathea verrucosa, Paragalathea vultuosoma

Type specimen: IRSNB T 10651, a carapace. Its type locality is Mont-Saint-Pierre, near Maestricht (Ubaghs collection), which is in a Maastrichtian carbonate limestone in the Maastricht Formation of the Netherlands.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of the Netherlands (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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