Malacostraca - Decapoda - Palinuridae
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 Linuparus according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Rathbun 1935
Sister taxa: Linuparus (Linuparus), Linuparus africanus, Linuparus bererensis, Linuparus bigranulatus, Linuparus canadensis, Linuparus carteri, Linuparus dentatus, Linuparus duelmenensis, Linuparus dzheirantuiensis, Linuparus eocenicus, Linuparus euthymei, Linuparus grimmeri, Linuparus hantscheli, Linuparus japonicus, Linuparus keysi, Linuparus kleinfelderi, Linuparus korura, Linuparus laevicephalus, Linuparus macellarii, Linuparus petkovici, Linuparus pustulosus, Linuparus qualitus, Linuparus richardsi, Linuparus schluteri, Linuparus scyllariformis, Linuparus shacklefordae, Linuparus sordidus, Linuparus spinosus, Linuparus stolleyi, Linuparus straili, Linuparus tarrantensis, Linuparus texanus, Linuparus trigonus, Linuparus vancouverensis, Linuparus watkinsi, Linuparus wilcoxensis, Linuparus (Podocratus) richardsi, Linuparus (Podocrates) spinosus, Linuparus (Eolinuparus) vancouverensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is 2 mi N of Denison, 1/2 mi E of Denton clay/Kde type locality..., which is in an Albian marine claystone in the Denton Formation of Texas
Ecology: infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (3: Texas collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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