Nephrops americanus Rathbun 1935 (clawed lobster)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Nephropidae

Full reference: M. J. Rathbun. 1935. Fossil Crustacea of the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain. Geological Society of America Special Paper (2)1-160

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

See also Rathbun 1935

Sister taxa: Nephrops aequus, Nephrops costatus, Nephrops geoffroyi, Nephrops kvistgaardae, Nephrops maoensis, Nephrops naoensis, Nephrops norvegicus, Nephrops reedi

Type specimen: Its type locality is 4 mi SW of Fort Worth, 1/2 mi S of Baptist Seminary, which is in an Aptian marine claystone in the Pawpaw Formation of Texas

Ecology: infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at 4 mi SW of Fort Worth, 1/2 mi S of Baptist Seminary

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