Propalaemon osborniensis Woodward 1903 (shrimp)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Palaemonidae

Synonym: Propalaemon minor Woodward 1903

Full reference: H. Woodward. 1903. On some fossil prawns from the Osborne Beds of the Isle of Wight. The Geological Magazine, New Series, Decade IV 10:97-99

Belongs to Propalaemon according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010

See also Gaudant and Quayle 1988, Woods 1925 and Woodward 1903

Sister taxon: Propalaemon longispinata

Type specimens:

  • Propalaemon osborniensis: BMNH In.24494, a carapace. Its type locality is King's Quay, which is in a Priabonian marginal marine claystone in the Headon Hill Formation of the United Kingdom.
  • Propalaemon minor:

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of the United Kingdom (5 collections)

Total: 5 collections including 9 occurrences

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