Malacostraca - Decapoda - Tumidocarcinidae
Alternative combination: Titanocarcinus kambuhelensis
Full reference: J. R. Verhoff, P. M. Muller, R. M. Feldmann and C. E. Schweitzer. 2009. A new species of Tumidocarcinidae (Decapoda, Carpilioidea) from the Kambuhel Formation (Paleocene) of Austria. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, Serie A 111:225-232
Belongs to Titanocarcinus according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Verhoff et al. 2009
Sister taxa: Titanocarcinus briarti, Titanocarcinus decor, Titanocarcinus elegansdup, Titanocarcinus euglyhos, Titanocarcinus faxeensis, Titanocarcinus mammillatus, Titanocarcinus polonicus, Titanocarcinus raulinianus, Titanocarcinus reisi, Titanocarcinus schweitzerae, Titanocarcinus serratifrons, Titanocarcinus sismondae, Titanocarcinus subellipticus, Titanocarcinus zoellneri
Type specimen: NHMW 2007z0166/0001, a carapace. Its type locality is Kambuhel Crabs of Pal Muller, which is in a Paleocene reef, buildup or bioherm floatstone in the Kambuhel Formation of Austria.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Kambuhel Crabs of Pal Muller
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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