Palaeopagurus acutus Crônier and Courville 2004 (hermit crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Paguridae

Full reference: C. Crônier and P. Courville. 2004. A rich and highly endemic decapod crustacean fauna from the Middle Jurassic of north-east France. Palaeontology 47(4):999-1014

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

See also Crônier and Courville 2004

Sister taxa: Palaeopagurus cretaceous, Palaeopagurus deslongchampsi, Palaeopagurus guilleaumei, Palaeopagurus jurensis, Palaeopagurus kellowiensis, Palaeopagurus laevis, Palaeopagurus morinicus, Palaeopagurus neraudeaui, Palaeopagurus pilsbryi, Palaeopagurus quadratus, Palaeopagurus rumignyensis, Palaeopagurus serialis, Palaeopagurus spinosus, Palaeopagurus tuberculatus, Palaeopagurus vandenengeli

Type specimen: ON10Cr4. Its type locality is Les Minières, Etrochey, which is in a Callovian carbonate limestone in the Marno-Calcaires à Oolites Ferrugineuses Formation of France.

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Les Minières, Etrochey

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