Camarocarcinus obtusus Jakobsen and Collins 1979 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Camarocarcinidae

Full reference: S. L. Jakobsen and J. S. H. Collins. 1979. Decapod Crustacea from the Palaeocene of Zealand, Denmark. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 90:61-64

Belongs to Camarocarcinus according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2016

See also Jakobsen and Collins 1979, Karasawa et al. 2014, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and van Bakel et al. 2012

Sister taxa: Camarocarcinus arnesoni, Camarocarcinus quinquetuberculatus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Klintebjerg, which is in a Selandian transition zone/lower shoreface sandstone in the Lellinge Greensand Formation of Denmark

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Klintebjerg

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