Malacostraca - Decapoda - Palinuridae
Full reference: T. Bell. 1863. A Monograph of the Fossil Malacostracous Crustacea, Part II. Crustacea of the Gault and Greensand. Palaeontographical Society Monograph 14(63):1-40
Belongs to Astacodes according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2015
See also Aguirre-Urreta 1989, Bell 1863 and Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Palinurus baumbergicus, Palinurus elephas, Palinurus palaciosi, Palinurus sauerweinorum, Palinurus teruzzii, Palinurus trigonus, Palinurus veronicae, Palinurus woodwardi, Astacodes strambergensis, Astacodes davisi, Astacodes woodwardi, Astacodes kamptneri, Astacodes maxwelli
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Heisterholz, near Petershagen, Nordrhein-Westfalen (Cretaceous of Germany)
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