Malacostraca - Decapoda - Etyidae
Alternative combinations: Steorrosia reidi, Xanthosia reidi
Full reference: C. E. Schweitzer Hopkins, E. W. Salva, and R. M. Feldmann. 1999. Re-evaluation of the genus Xanthosia Bell, 1863 (Decapoda: Brachyura: Xanthidae) and description of two new species from the Cretaceous of Texas. Journal of Paleontology 73(1):77-90
Belongs to Etyxanthosia according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Schweitzer et al. 2012 and Schweitzer Hopkins et al. 1999
Sister taxa: Etyxanthosia fossa, Etyxanthosia pawpawensis
Type specimen: SMU-I 50046. Its type locality is North of Watauga, which is in an Albian marine claystone in the Paw Paw Formation of Texas.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (4: Texas collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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