Malacostraca - Decapoda - Catillogalatheidae
Full reference: C. M. Robins, R. M. Feldmann, C. E. Schweitzer and A. Bonde. 2016. New families Paragalatheidae and Catillogalatheidae (Decapoda: Anomura: Galatheoidea) from the Mesozoic, restriction of the genus Paragalathea, and establishment of 6 new genera and 20 new species. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, Serie A 118:65-131
Parent taxon: Catillogalatheidae according to A. A. Klompmaker et al. 2022
See also Robins et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Annieporcellana, Catillogalathea, Galatheites, Hispanigalathea, Muelleristhes, Nykteripteryx, Serraphylctaena, Tuberosagalathea
Subtaxa: Vasconilia miyakoensis Vasconilia ruizi Vasconilia straeleni Vasconilia xystosa Vasconilia zapotitlanensis
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Japan (1 collection), Mexico (1), Spain (4)
• Jurassic of Austria (1)
Total: 7 collections including 9 occurrences
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