Family Chirostylidae Ortmann 1892 (decapod)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Chirostylidae

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

See also De Angeli and Ceccon 2017 and Schweitzer et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Eumunididae, Kiwaidae, Pristinaspinidae

Subtaxa: Chirostylus Eouroptychus Gastroptychus Phalangiopsis Pseudomunida Uroptychus

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Type: Chirostylus

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Italy (1 collection)

• Cretaceous of Lebanon (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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