Galatheites sforum Klompmaker et al. 2022 (decapod)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Catillogalatheidae

Full reference: A. A. Klompmaker, C. M. Robins, S. L. Jakobsen and E. Sheldon. 2022. Systematics of 12 Jurassic, Cretaceous, and Paleogene squat lobster taxa (Galatheoidea). Journal of Paleontology 96:1087-1110

Belongs to Galatheites according to A. A. Klompmaker et al. 2022

Sister taxa: Galatheites aiola, Galatheites diasema, Galatheites obtecta, Galatheites zitteli

Type specimen: SNSB-BSPG 2014 I 49a, a carapace. Its type locality is Saal Quarry, which is in a Kimmeridgian platform/shelf-margin reef limestone in the Massenkalk Formation of Germany.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Saal Quarry

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