Xanthilites verrucoides Collins and Wienberg Rasmussen 1992 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Tumidocarcinidae

Full reference: J. S. H. Collins and H. Wienberg Rasmussen. 1992. Upper Cretaceous - Lower Tertiary crustaceans from West Greenland. Grønlands Geologiske Undersøgelse Bulletin 162:1-46

Belongs to Xanthilites according to J. S. H. Collins and H. Wienberg Rasmussen 1992

See also Schweitzer 2003, Schweitzer et al. 2010, Schweitzer et al. 2018 and Vega et al. 2001

Sister taxa: Xanthilites alabamensis, Xanthilites bowerbanki, Xanthilites gerthi, Xanthilites interpunctatus, Xanthilites pentagonalis, Xanthilites rathbunae, Xanthilites traubi

Type specimen: MGUH 21.612, a carapace

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Xanthilites verrucoides in the database

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