Proticalia De Angeli and Ceccon 2017 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Domeciidae

Synonym: Tropicalia Beschin et al. 2016 [replaced name]

Full reference: A. De Angeli and L. Ceccon. 2017. Contributo ai crostacei decapodi dell’Eocene inferiore dei Monti Lessini orientali (Italia nordorientale). Natura Vicentina 20:5-38

Parent taxon: Domeciidae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2021

See also Beschin et al. 2016 and De Angeli and Ceccon 2017

Sister taxa: Cherusius, Eomaldivia, Palmyria

Subtaxa: Proticalia parva

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Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Rama di Bolca (Eocene of Italy)

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