Dromiopsis praelaevior Collins et al. 1995 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda

Full reference: J. S. H. Collins, R. H. B. Fraaye, and W.M. Jagt. 1995. Late Cretaceous anomurans and brachyurans from the Maastrichtian type area. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 40(2):165-210

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

See also Collins et al. 1995

Sister taxa: Dromiopsis aedicula, Dromiopsis americana, Dromiopsis bullamelga, Dromiopsis ceratoi, Dromiopsis depressa, Dromiopsis elegans, Dromiopsis gigas, Dromiopsis granulata, Dromiopsis humerosus, Dromiopsis laevior, Dromiopsis longitudovata, Dromiopsis mosae, Dromiopsis paleogenicus, Dromiopsis parvula, Dromiopsis paucigranosa, Dromiopsis pulchellus, Dromiopsis rugosus, Dromiopsis ubaghsi, Dromiopsis vicetinus

Type specimen: MAB k.1015. Its type locality is ENCI NV quarry (upper third of Meerssen Mb), which is in a Maastrichtian carbonate limestone in the Maastricht Formation of the Netherlands.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at ENCI NV quarry (upper third of Meerssen Mb)

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