Malacostraca - Decapoda - Paguridae
Full reference: J. S. H. Collins and S. L. Jakobsen. 2003. New crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda) from the Eocene (Ypresian/Lutetian) Lillebaelt Clay Formation of Jutland, Denmark. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 30:63-96
Belongs to Pagurus according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Collins and Jakobsen 2003
Sister taxa: Pagurus alabamensis, Pagurus alatoides, Pagurus avellanedae, Pagurus banderensis, Pagurus bernhardus, Pagurus brevidactylus, Pagurus concavus, Pagurus constans, Pagurus convexus, Pagurus dubius, Pagurus faujasii, Pagurus garrafensis, Pagurus granosimanus, Pagurus latidactylus, Pagurus mainensis, Pagurus malloryi, Pagurus manzonii, Pagurus marceti, Pagurus marini, Pagurus megalops, Pagurus pectinatus, Pagurus pollicaris, Pagurus pubescens, Pagurus rakosensis, Pagurus samuelis, Pagurus similis, Pagurus sinuatus, Pagurus squamosus, Pagurus travisensis, Pagurus tuberculosus, Pagurus turcus, Pagurus valdagnensis, Eupagurus granosimanus
Type specimen: MGUH 26771. Its type locality is Trelde Naes (MGUH collection), which is in a Ypresian/Lutetian marine claystone in the Lillebaelt Clay Formation of Denmark.
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution: found only at Trelde Naes (MGUH collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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