Malacostraca - Decapoda - Carpiliidae
Alternative combination: Cancer macrochelus
Synonyms: Atergatis platycheilus Reuss 1859, Atergatis stenura Reuss 1859, Harpactocarcinus supragigas De Gregorio 1895
Belongs to Palaeocarpilius according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2018
See also Beschin et al. 2006, Beschin and De Angeli 2008, Bittner 1875, Bittner 1883, Busulini et al. 2012, De Angeli and Caporiondo 2009, Lörenthey 1898, Schweitzer 2003 and Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Palaeocarpilius almerae, Palaeocarpilius aquitanicus, Palaeocarpilius ignotus, Palaeocarpilius intermedius, Palaeocarpilius laevis, Palaeocarpilius macrocheilus, Palaeocarpilius mississippiensis, Palaeocarpilius platycheilus, Palaeocarpilius rugifer, Palaeocarpilius simplex, Palaeocarpilius stenurus, Palaeocarpilius straeleni, Palaeocarpilius valrovinensis
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Italy (1 collection)
• Eocene of Italy (6)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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