Eomunidopsis cobbani Bishop 1985 (decapod)

Malacostraca - Galatheidae

Alternative combination: Luisogalathea cobbani

Full reference: G. A. Bishop. 1985. A new crab, Eomunidopsis cobbani n. sp. (Crustacea, Decapoda), from the Pierre Shale (Early Maastrichtian) of Colorado. Journal of Paleontology 59(3):601-604

Belongs to Eomunidopsis according to A. A. Klompmaker et al. 2022

See also Bishop 1985, Karasawa and Hayakawa 2000 and Schweitzer et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Eomunidopsis aldoirarensis, Eomunidopsis kinokunica, Eomunidopsis kojimai, Eomunidopsis limonitica, Eomunidopsis meerssensis, Eomunidopsis navarrensis, Eomunidopsis orobensis, Eomunidopsis portlandica, Eomunidopsis texcalaensis

Type specimen: USNM 370191, a carapace. Its type locality is USGS locality D 370, which is in a Campanian marine siliciclastic in the Pierre Shale Formation of Colorado.

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (8: Colorado collections)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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