Eucorystes Bell 1863 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Palaeocorystidae

Alternative spelling: Notopocorystes (Eucorystes)

Full reference: T. Bell. 1863. A Monograph of the Fossil Malacostracous Crustacea, Part II. Crustacea of the Gault and Greensand. Palaeontographical Society Monograph 14(63):1-40

Parent taxon: Palaeocorystidae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2018

See also Bishop 1983, Collins 2002, Collins et al. 1993, Karasawa et al. 2014, Schweitzer et al. 2003, Schweitzer et al. 2009, Schweitzer et al. 2010, Tucker 1998 and van Bakel et al. 2012

Sister taxa: Alessandranina, Cenocorystes, Cretacoranina, Ferroranina, Joeranina, Notopocorystes, Planocorystes, Ripleycorystes

Subtaxa: Eucorystes carteri Eucorystes eichhorni Eucorystes intermedius Eucorystes iserbyti Eucorystes ligulatus Eucorystes mangyshlakensis Eucorystes navarrensis Eucorystes oxtedensis Notopocorystes (Eucorystes) eichhorni Notopocorystes (Eucorystes) mangyshlakensis Notopocorystes (Eucorystes) oxtedensis

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Type: Notopocorystes carteri

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of France (6 collections), Japan (4), Spain (1), Switzerland (1), the United Kingdom (2)

Total: 14 collections including 17 occurrences

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