†family Montezumellidae Ossó and Domínguez 2019 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Montezumellidae

Full reference: À Ossó and J. L. Domínguez. 2019. On the systematic placement of the Montezumellidae Ossó & Domínguez, 2013 (Decapoda: Brachyura: Eubrachyura). Zootaxa 4623:175-188

Parent taxon: Montezumelloidea according to À. Ossó and J. L. Domínguez 2021

See also Ossó and Domínguez 2013, Ossó and Domínguez 2019 and Schweitzer and Feldmann 2019

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Karasawaia Moianella Montezumella Pirulella Stintonius

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Type: Montezumella

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Neogene of Fiji (1 collection)

• Miocene of Chile (1)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Panama (1)

• Eocene of Egypt (1), Italy (5), Mexico (1), the Netherlands Antilles (2), Spain (4), the United Kingdom (1), United States (2: California, Florida)

• Paleogene of Mexico (1)

Total: 20 collections including 21 occurrences

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