Gastrodorus granulatus Forster 1985 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Gastrodoridae

Alternative combination: Eogastrodorus granulatus

Full reference: R. Forster. 1985. Frühe Anomuren und Brachyuren (Decapoda, Crustacea) aus dem Mittleren Dogger. Mitteilungen der Bayerischen Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Historische Geologie 25:45-60

Belongs to Gastrodorus according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010

See also Forster 1985 and van Bakel et al. 2008

Sister taxa: Gastrodorus cretahispanicus, Gastrodorus neuhausense

Type specimen: NMB 1403, a carapace. Its type locality is Röserental (Glattweg), west of Liestal, which is in a Bajocian carbonate limestone in the Hauptrogenstein Formation of Switzerland.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Röserental (Glattweg), west of Liestal

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