Malacostraca - Decapoda - Panopeidae

Full reference: C. E. Schweitzer, C. F. R. Odumodu, and R. M. Feldmann. 2016. New Eocene Crabs from Nigeria (Decapoda: Brachyura: Heterotremata). Annals of Carnegie Museum 84(1):59-73

Belongs to Glyphithyreus according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2021

See also Schweitzer et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Glyphithyreus ellipticus, Glyphithyreus ellipticusdup, Glyphithyreus formosus, Glyphithyreus sulcatus, Glyphithyreus wetherelli

Type specimen: CM 59121. Its type locality is Idima-Abam junction section, Bende, which is in a Lutetian/Bartonian shallow subtidal shale/limestone in the Ameki Formation of Nigeria.

Ecology: infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Idima-Abam junction section, Bende

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