Malacostraca - Decapoda - Scyllaridae
Synonym: Scyllaridia Bell 1858 [replaced name]
Parent taxon: Scyllaridae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2015
See also Garassino et al. 2014, Quayle 1987, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acanthophoenicides, Antarctus, Arctides, Arctidinae, Bathyarctus, Biarctus, Crenarctus, Galearctus, Llajassus, Neoscyllarida, Palibacus, Parribacus, Scyllarella, Scyllarus
Subtaxa: Scyllarides aequinoctialis Scyllarides bolcensis Scyllarides haanii Scyllarides punctatus Scyllarides squammosus Scyllarides tuberculatus Scyllaridia bellii
Type: Scyllarus aequinoctialis
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Italy (1 collection), the United Kingdom (1)
• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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