Palaeopagurus pilsbryi Roberts 1962 (hermit crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Paguridae

Full reference: H. B. Roberts. 1962. The Upper Cretaceous decapod crustaceans of New Jersey and Delaware. The Cretaceous fossils of New Jersey. 163-192

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

See also Roberts 1962

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

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Spoil Banks of Chesapeake and Delaware Canal (Cretaceous of Delaware)

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