Xanthosia elegans Roberts 1962 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Etyidae

Full reference: H. B. Roberts. 1962. The Upper Cretaceous decapod crustaceans of New Jersey and Delaware. The Cretaceous fossils of New Jersey. 163-192

Belongs to Xanthosia according to R. M. Feldmann et al. 2013

See also Roberts 1962, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Schweitzer et al. 2012

Sister taxa: Xanthosia americana, Xanthosia arcuata, Xanthosia buchii, Xanthosia buteonis, Xanthosia danielae, Xanthosia delicata, 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

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (2: Delaware, New Jersey collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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