Malacostraca - Decapoda - Etyidae
Full reference: R. H. B. Fraaye. 1996. Late Cretaceous swimming crabs: radiation, migration, competition, and extinction. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 46(3-4):269-278
Belongs to Xanthosia according to R. H. B. Fraaye 1996
See also Collins and Breton 2009, Schweitzer et al. 2010, Schweitzer et al. 2012 and Schweitzer et al. 2021
Sister taxa: Xanthosia americana, Xanthosia arcuata, Xanthosia buchii, Xanthosia buteonis, Xanthosia danielae, Xanthosia elegans, Xanthosia fischeri, Xanthosia fossa, Xanthosia gibbosa, Xanthosia gracilis, Xanthosia granulosa, Xanthosia occidentalis, Xanthosia robertsi, Xanthosia sakoi, Xanthosia semiornata, Xanthosia similis, Xanthosia socialis, Xanthosia spinosa, Xanthosia wintoni, Xanthosia zoquiapensis
Type specimen: MAB k1960. Its type locality is ENCI Quarry, 6 m above base of Meerssen Member, which is in a Maastrichtian carbonate limestone in the Maastricht Formation of the Netherlands.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at ENCI Quarry, 6 m above base of Meerssen Member
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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