Dromilites fossata Muller and Collins 1991 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Dromiidae

Full reference: P. Muller and J. S. H. Collins. 1991. Late Eocene Coral-Associated Decapods (Crustacea) From Hungary. Contributions to Tertiary and Quaternary Geology 28(2-3):47-92

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

See also Beschin et al. 2018 and Muller and Collins 1991

Sister taxa: Dromilites bucklandi, Dromilites corvini, Dromilites hilarionis, Dromilites humerosus, Dromilites koberi, Dromilites lothi, Dromilites montenati, Dromilites simplex, Dromilites subglobosa, Dromilites vicensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Szepvolgy Limestory Facies 4, which is in a Paleogene marine limestone in Hungary

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Szepvolgy Limestory Facies 4

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