Linuparus japonicus Nagao 1931 (spiny lobster)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Palinuridae

Full reference: T. Nagao. 1931. Two new decapod species from the upper Cretaceous deposits of Hokkaido, Japan. Journal of the Faculty of Science, Hokkaido Imperial University, Ser. 4 Geology and mineralogy 1(2):207-214

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

See also Nagao 1931

Sister taxa: Linuparus (Linuparus), Linuparus adkinsi, 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 keysi, Linuparus kleinfelderi, Linuparus korura, Linuparus laevicephalus, Linuparus macellarii, Linuparus petkovici, Linuparus pustulosus, Linuparus qualitus, Linuparus richardsi, Linuparus schluteri, Linuparus scyllariformis, Linuparus secretanae, Linuparus shacklefordae, Linuparus sordidus, Linuparus spinosus, Linuparus stolleyi, Linuparus straili, Linuparus tarrantensis, Linuparus texanus, Linuparus trigonus, Linuparus vancouverensis, Linuparus watkinsi, Linuparus wilcoxensis, Linuparus (Eolinuparus) vancouverensis, Linuparus (Podocratus) richardsi, Linuparus (Podocrates) spinosus

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Japan (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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