Malacostraca - Decapoda - Orithopsidae
Full reference: J. S. H. Collins and R. Smith. 1993. Ypresian (Lower Eocene) crabs (Decapoda, Crustacea) from Belgium. Bulletin De L'Insitut Royal Des Sciences Naturelles De Belgique (63)260-271
Parent taxon: Orithopsidae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2018
See also Karasawa et al. 2014, Schweitzer et al. 2003, Schweitzer et al. 2010, Schweitzer et al. 2016 and van Bakel et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Aetocarcinus, Anoplocarcinus, Bellcarcinus, Cherpiocarcinus, Chronocancer, Colombicarcinus, Cristella, Marycarcinus, Orithopsis, Paradoxicarcinus, Paradoxilissopsa, Planocarcinus, Shazella, Texicancer
Subtaxa: Silvacarcinus cisuralicus Silvacarcinus laurae
Type: Silvacarcinus laurae
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Belgium (1 collection)
• Paleogene of Belgium (1)
• Cretaceous of the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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