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
Belongs to Morscrangon according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Garassino and Jakobsen 2005
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MGUH 27337, a carapace. Its type locality is Ejerslev, Mors (Copenhagen collection), which is in a Ypresian offshore ramp diatomite/volcaniclastic in the Fur Formation of Denmark.
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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