Rathbunopon woodsi Withers 1951 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Prosopidae

Full reference: T. H. Withers. 1951. Some Jurassic and Cretaceous Crabs (Prosoponidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Geology 1(6):171-186

Belongs to Rathbunopon according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2012

See also Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Withers 1951

Sister taxa: Rathbunopon atherfieldensis, Rathbunopon obesum, Rathbunopon oblitum, Rathbunopon polyakron, Rathbunopon schrattenkalkensis

Type specimen: B. 50,779, a cephalothorax. Its type locality is Beer Head (Meyer's bed 12), which is in a Cenomanian marine horizon in the United Kingdom.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Beer Head (Meyer's bed 12)

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