Enodicarcinus atherfieldensis Schweitzer and Feldmann 2011 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Mithracitidae

Full reference: C. E. Schweitzer and R. M. Feldmann. 2011. New fossil Brachyura (Decapoda: Homoloidea, Dorippoidea, Carpilioidea) from the United Kingdom. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 37:1-11

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

See also Schweitzer and Feldmann 2011

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: SMB14277, a carapace. Its type locality is Atherfield, Isle of Wright [Lower Greensand], which is in an Aptian coastal sandstone in the United Kingdom.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Atherfield, Isle of Wright [Lower Greensand]

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