Morscrangon Garassino and Jakobsen 2005 (shrimp)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Crangonidae

Full reference: A. Garassino and S. L. Jakobsen. 2005. Morscrangon acutus n. gen. n. sp. (Crustacea, Decapoda, Caridea) from the Fur Formation (Early Eocene) of the Islands of Mors and Fur (Denmark). Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano 146(1):95-107

Parent taxon: Crangonidae according to C.E. Schweitzer et al. 2023

See also Garassino and Jakobsen 2005 and Schweitzer et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Aegaeon, Crangon, Miocrangon, Odontochelion, Paracrangoninae, Philocheras, Philocherinae, Pontocaridinae, Pontocaris, Pontophilinae, Vercoia

Subtaxa: Morscrangon acutus

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Type: Morscrangon acutus

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Denmark (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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