Homolopsis williamsi Bishop 1992 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Homolidae

Full reference: G. A. Bishop. 1992. Two New Crabs, Homopolsis williamsi and Homolopsis centurialis (Crustacea: Decapoda), from the Western Interior Cretaceous of the United States. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 105(1):55-66

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

See also Bishop 1992

Sister taxa: Homolopsis atlantica, Homolopsis chilensis, Homolopsis edwardsii, Homolopsis gibbosa, Homolopsis glabra, Homolopsis hachiyai, Homolopsis japonicus, Homolopsis spinulosa, Homolopsis tuberculata

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Heart Trail Ranch Association (Cretaceous of South Dakota)

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