Doerflesia ornata Feldmann and Schweitzer 2009 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Homolidae

Full reference: R. M. Feldmann and C. E. Schweitzer. 2009. Revision of Jurassic Homoloidea de Haan, 1839, from the Ernstbrunn and Stramberk limestones, Austria and the Czech Republic. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, Serie A 111:183-206

Belongs to Doerflesia according to R. M. Feldmann et al. 2012

See also Feldmann and Schweitzer 2009 and Schweitzer et al. 2010

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NHMW 2007z0149/0015, a carapace. Its type locality is Ernstbrunn Quarry Dorfles V (NHMW collection), which is in a Tithonian reef, buildup or bioherm framestone in the Ernstbrunn Formation of Austria.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Austria (1 collection), the Czech Republic (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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