Malacostraca - Decapoda - Dromiidae
Full reference: W. J. Quayle and J. S. H. Collins. 1981. New Eocene crabs from the Hampshire Basin. Palaeontology 24(4):733-758
Belongs to Dromilites according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Quayle and Collins 1981
Sister taxa: Dromilites bucklandi, Dromilites corvini, Dromilites fossata, Dromilites hilarionis, Dromilites humerosus, Dromilites koberi, Dromilites lothi, Dromilites montenati, Dromilites subglobosa, Dromilites vicensis
Subtaxa: Dromilites simplex humerosus
Type specimen: BMNH 34026, a carapace. Its type locality is Highgate (Spencer collection), which is in a Ypresian offshore claystone in the London Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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