Homolus Eudes-Deslongschamps 1835 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Homolodromiidae

Synonyms: Palaeoinachus Woodward 1866, Protocarcinus

Parent taxon: Homolodromiidae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2012

See also Glaessner 1969, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Smith and Xu 1988

Sister taxa: Antarctidromia, Dicranodromia, Homolodromia, Notiodromia, Palehomola, Preclarocarcinus, Rhinodromia

Subtaxa: Homolus auduini

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Type: Homolus auduini

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Locality B45, 15 km northeast of Amdo, Banggong Suture zone (Jurassic of China)

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