Konidromites Schweitzer and Feldmann 2010 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Konidromitidae

Synonym: Oxythyreus [replaced name]

Full reference: C. E. Schweitzer and R. M. Feldmann. 2010. A new family of Mesozoic Brachyura (Glaessneropsoidea) and reevaluation of Distefania Checchia-Rispoli, 1917 (Homolodromioidea: Goniodromitidae). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 256(3):363-380

Parent taxon: Konidromitidae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2012

See also Schweitzer et al. 2010, Schweitzer and Feldmann 2010 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxon: Concavolateris

Subtaxa: Konidromites gibbus Konidromites gibbusdup Konidromites izetti Konidromites schneideri Oxythyreus bjorki Oxythyreus izetti

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Type: Oxythyreus gibbus

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (1: Colorado collection)

• Jurassic of Austria (1), the Czech Republic (1), Romania (2)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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