Malacostraca - Decapoda - Nephropidae
Full reference: R. M. Feldmann. 1989. Metanephrops jenkinsi n. sp. (Decapoda: Nephropidae) from the Cretaceous and Paleocene of Seymour Island, Antarctica. Journal of Paleontology 63(1):64-69
Belongs to Metanephrops according to R. M. Feldmann et al. 2016
See also Feldmann 1989, Feldmann et al. 1993 and Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Metanephrops andamanicus, Metanephrops arafurensis, Metanephrops australiensis, Metanephrops binghami, Metanephrops boschmai, Metanephrops challengeri, Metanephrops elongatus, Metanephrops japonicus, Metanephrops motunauensis, Metanephrops neptunus, Metanephrops rossensis, Metanephrops rubellus, Metanephrops sagamiensis, Metanephrops sibogae, Metanephrops sinensis, Metanephrops thomsoni, Metanephrops velutinus, Wongastacia taiwanica
Ecology: infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Antarctica (2 collections)
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (3)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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