Sharnia Collins and Saward 2006 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Etyidae

Full reference: J. S. H. Collins and J. Saward. 2006. Three new genera and species of crabs from the Lower Eocene London Clay of Essex, England. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 33:67-76

Parent taxon: Etyidae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2017

See also Collins and Saward 2006, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Schweitzer et al. 2012

Sister taxa: Etyus, Etyxanthosia, Guinotosia, Karyosia, Rolerithosia, Secretanella, Steorrosia, Xanthosia

Subtaxa: Sharnia burnhamensis

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Type: Sharnia burnhamensis

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at River Crouch, Butts Cliff (Eocene of the United Kingdom)

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