Malacostraca - Decapoda - Glaessneropsidae

Full reference: O. D. Franţescu. 2011. Brachyuran decapods (including five new species and one new genus) from Jurassic (Oxfordian-Kimmeridgian) coral reef limestones from Dobrogea, Romania. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 259:271-297

Belongs to Verrucarcinus according to B. W. van Bakel and D. Guinot 2023

See also Franţescu 2011

Sister taxa: Verrucarcinus marsae, Verrucarcinus ordinatus, Verrucarcinus torosus

Type specimen: LPBIIIart-160, a carapace. Its type locality is Veriga Channel road cut, which is in an Oxfordian/Kimmeridgian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Casimcea Formation of Romania.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Veriga Channel road cut

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