Malacostraca - Decapoda - Homolidae
Full reference: H. Karasawa. 1992. Fossil decapod crustaceans from the Manda Group (Middle Eocene), Kyushu, Japan. Transactions and Proceedings of the Paleontological Society of Japan, N.S. 167:1247-1258
Parent taxon: Homolidae according to R. M. Feldmann et al. 2012
See also Karasawa 1992, Karasawa 1993 and Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Antarctomithrax, Ariecornibus, Cretalamoha, Dagnaudus, Doerflesia, Homola, Homolochunia, Homologenus, Homolomannia, Homolopsis, Hoplitocarcinus, Lamoha, Latheticocarcinus, Latreillopsis, Lignihomola, Londinimola, Moloha, Navarrahomola, Nogarhomola, Paromola, Paromolopsis, Yaldwynopsis, Zygastrocarcinus
Subtaxa: Prohomola japonica Prohomola katunai
Type: Homolopsis japonicus
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Japan (1 collection), United States (2: South Carolina)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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