Bartethusa Quayle and Collins 1981 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Dorippidae

Full reference: W. J. Quayle and J. S. H. Collins. 1981. New Eocene crabs from the Hampshire Basin. Palaeontology 24(4):733-758

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

See also Quayle and Collins 1981, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Archaeocypoda, Cartethusa, Dorippe, Dorippinae, Heikeopsis, Medorippe, Neodorippe, Nobilum, Paradorippe, Titanodorippe

Subtaxa: Bartethusa hepatica

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Type: Bartethusa hepatica

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Horizon A3, Christchurch Bay (Eocene of the United Kingdom)

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