Caloxanthus Milne-Edwards 1864 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Feldmanniidae

Synonyms: Carpiliopsis Fischer-Benzon 1866, Creticarcinus Withers 1928

Parent taxon: Feldmanniidae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2017

See also Armstrong et al. 2009, Glaessner 1969, Karasawa and Schweitzer 2006, Klompmaker et al. 2015, Rathbun 1935, Schweitzer et al. 2010, Schweitzer et al. 2012 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Bretonia, Cantabroxanthus, Feldmannia

Subtaxa: Caloxanthus americanus Caloxanthus formosus Caloxanthus kuypersi Caloxanthus ornatus Caloxanthus purleyensis Caloxanthus simplex Caloxanthus simplexdup Caloxanthus thompsonorum Caloxanthus vignyensis Caloxanthus wrighti

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Type: Caloxanthus formosus

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Paleocene of Austria (1 collection), Denmark (1), France (1), United States (1: Texas)

• Cretaceous of Austria (1), Denmark (1), France (3), United States (2: Texas)

Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence

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