Xanthosia Bell 1863 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Etyidae

Full reference: T. Bell. 1863. A Monograph of the Fossil Malacostracous Crustacea, Part II. Crustacea of the Gault and Greensand. Palaeontographical Society Monograph 14(63):1-40

Parent taxon: Etyidae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2017

See also Collins 2002, Luque et al. 2017, Rathbun 1935, Schweitzer et al. 2010, Schweitzer et al. 2012, Schweitzer Hopkins et al. 1999 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Etyus, Etyxanthosia, Guinotosia, Karyosia, Rolerithosia, Secretanella, Sharnia, Steorrosia

Subtaxa: Xanthosia americana Xanthosia arcuata Xanthosia buchii Xanthosia buteonis Xanthosia danielae Xanthosia delicata Xanthosia elegans Xanthosia fischeri Xanthosia fossa Xanthosia gibbosa Xanthosia gracilis Xanthosia granulosa Xanthosia occidentalis Xanthosia robertsi Xanthosia sakoi Xanthosia semiornata Xanthosia similis Xanthosia socialis Xanthosia spinosa Xanthosia wintoni Xanthosia zoquiapensis

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Type: Xanthosia gibbosa

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Mexico (1 collection)

• Paleogene of Mexico (1)

• Paleocene of Denmark (1)

• Cretaceous of Germany (1), Japan (1), Mexico (1), the Netherlands (2), the United Kingdom (1), United States (2: New Jersey, Texas)

Total: 11 collections including 12 occurrences

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