Distefania cryptica Jagt et al. 2007 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Goniodromitidae

Alternative combination: Palaeodromites crypticus

Full reference: J. W. M. Jagt, W. M. van Bakel, and R. H. B. Fraaije. 2007. Palaeodromites crypticus, a new early-middle Cenomanian dynomenid crab (Crustacea, Decapoda) from southern Belgium. Bulletin de L'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 77:77-82

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

See also Jagt et al. 2007

Sister taxa: Distefania autissiodorensis, Distefania calva, Distefania dacia, Distefania himeraensis, Distefania incerta, Distefania lauginigeri, Distefania oxythyreiformis, Distefania renefraaijei, Distefania renevieri, Distefania sinuososulcata, Distefania transiens

Type specimen: IRScNB MI 11024, a carapace. Its type locality is Tournai [Bernissart Calcirudites], which is in a Cenomanian marine grainstone in the Bernissart Calcirudites Formation of Belgium.

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Tournai [Bernissart Calcirudites]

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