†Ekalakia lamberti G. A. Bishop 1976 (crab)
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Malacostraca - Decapoda - Glaessneropsidae
Full reference: G. A. Bishop. 1976. Ekalakia lamberti n. gen., n. sp. (Crustacea, Decapoda) from the Upper Cretaceous Pierre Shale of eastern Montana. Journal of Paleontology 50(3):398-401
Belongs to Ekalakia according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2012
See also Feldmann et al. 2008, G. A. Bishop 1976, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and van Bakel and Guinot 2023
Sister taxon: Ekalakia exophthalmops
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (2: Montana, North Dakota collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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