Malacostraca - Decapoda - Tumidocarcinidae
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 Nitotacarcinus according to C. E. Schweitzer and R. M. Feldmann 2011
Sister taxa: Nitotacarcinus ambrosii, Nitotacarcinus antipodes, Nitotacarcinus bituberculatus, Nitotacarcinus canadensis
Type specimen: BMNH In. 36135, a cephalothorax. Its type locality is East Cliff Herne Bay, which is in a Ypresian marine claystone in the London Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at East Cliff Herne Bay
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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