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
Type: Morscrangon acutus
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Denmark (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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