Bericirinia De Angeli and Garassino 2021 (spider crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Epialtidae

Full reference: A. De Angeli and A. Garassino. 2021. New report of fossil crabs (Decapoda, Brachyura) from the late Eocene of San Feliciano Hill (Orgiano, Monti Berici, Vicenza, NE Italy). Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana 77:1-11

Parent taxon: Epialtinae according to A. De Angeli and A. Garassino 2021

Sister taxa: Bolcapisa, Epialtus, Griffinia, Huenia, Menaethius, Nanomaja, Panticarcinus, Perinia, Pugettia

Subtaxa: Bericirinia bretoni

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Type: Bericirinia bretoni

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Cava Orgiano, San Feliciano Hill (Eocene of Italy)

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