†Sharnia burnhamensis Collins and Saward 2006 (crab)
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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
Belongs to Sharnia 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: none
Type specimen: BMNH IC454, a carapace. Its type locality is River Crouch, Butts Cliff, which is in a Ypresian offshore claystone in the London Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at River Crouch, Butts Cliff
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