†family Paragalatheidae Robins et al. 2016 (decapod)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Paragalatheidae

Full reference: C. M. Robins, R. M. Feldmann, C. E. Schweitzer and A. Bonde. 2016. New families Paragalatheidae and Catillogalatheidae (Decapoda: Anomura: Galatheoidea) from the Mesozoic, restriction of the genus Paragalathea, and establishment of 6 new genera and 20 new species. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, Serie A 118:65-131

Parent taxon: Galatheoidea according to C.E. Schweitzer et al. 2023

See also Robins et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Catillogalatheidae, Galatheidae, Munididae, Munidopsidae, Ovocarcinus, Porcellanidae

Subtaxa: Discutiolira Lemacola Mesogalathea Paragalathea

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Type: Paragalathea

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Morocco (1 collection), the Netherlands (2), Slovenia (1), Spain (1)

• Jurassic of Austria (1), Poland (1), Romania (3)

Total: 10 collections including 25 occurrences

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