Malacostraca - Decapoda - Epialtidae

Full reference: F. A. Ferratges, J. L. Domínguez, Ossó and S. Zamora. 2023. Spider crabs (Decapoda: Brachyura: Majoidea) from the upper Eocene of south Pyrenees (Huesca, Spain). Palaeontologia Electronica 26(2:a27)

Belongs to Planobranchia according to F. A. Ferratges et al. 2023

Sister taxa: Planobranchia egyptensis, Planobranchia laevis, Planobranchia palmuelleri, Planobranchia simplex

Type specimen: MPZ 2023/4, a carapace. Its type locality is West of Fanlillo, Yebra de Basa, which is in a Priabonian deep subtidal marl in the Margas de Pamplona Formation of Spain.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at West of Fanlillo, Yebra de Basa

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