Archaeotetra Schweitzer 2005 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Trapeziidae

Full reference: C. E. Schweitzer. 2005. The Trapeziidae and Domeciidae (Decapoda: Brachyura: Xanthoidea) in the fossil record and a new Eocene genus from Baja California Sur, Mexico. Journal of Crustacean Biology 25(4):625-636

Parent taxon: Trapeziinae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2021

See also Beschin et al. 2016, Karasawa and Schweitzer 2006, Luque et al. 2017, Schweitzer 2005, Schweitzer et al. 2006 and Schweitzer et al. 2010

Sister taxon: Trapezia

Subtaxa: Archaeotetra inornata Archaeotetra lessinea

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Type: Archaeotetra inornata

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Italy (4 collections), Mexico (1)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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