Diaulax carteriana Bell 1863 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Diaulacidae

Full reference: T. Bell. 1863. A Monograph of the Fossil Malacostracous Crustacea, Part II. Crustacea of the Gault and Greensand. Palaeontographical Society Monograph 14(63):1-40

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

See also Bell 1863 and Schweitzer et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Diaulax feliceps, Diaulax italica, Diaulax millerae, Diaulax oweni, Diaulax rosablanca, Diaulax yokoii

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at CBPsl, Chamberlain Barn [Shenley Limestone, Lower Greensand] (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)

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