Malacostraca - Decapoda - Xanthidae

Full reference: H. Karasawa. 1993. Cenozoic Decapod Crustacea from Southwest Japan. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum (20)1-92

Parent taxon: Xanthinae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2021

See also Karasawa 1993, Karasawa and Schweitzer 2006 and Schweitzer et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Cycloxanthops, Demania, Garthiope, Lachnopodus, Leotodius, Leptodius, Liagore, Macromedaeus, Megamia, Metopoxantho, Micropanope, Nanocassiope, Paraxanthias, Paraxanthodes, Paraxanthus, Xanthias, Xantho, Xanthodius

Subtaxa: Palaeoxanthops minutus Palaeoxanthops okumurai

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Type: Palaeoxanthops minutus

Ecology: infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Megami Cliff (Miocene to Miocene of Japan)

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