Malacostraca - Decapoda - Cenomanocarcinidae

Full reference: J. S. H. Collins. 2010. New species of crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda), one from the Middle Danian of Denmark, and three new species from the Upper Cretaceous of Nigeria. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 36:13-19

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

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

Sister taxa: Cenomanocarcinus armatus, Cenomanocarcinus beardi, Cenomanocarcinus boedekeri, Cenomanocarcinus cantabricus, Cenomanocarcinus carabus, Cenomanocarcinus cookseyi, Cenomanocarcinus hierosolymitanus, Cenomanocarcinus inflatus, Cenomanocarcinus multituberculatus, Cenomanocarcinus nammourensis, Cenomanocarcinus oklahomensis, Cenomanocarcinus renfroae, Cenomanocarcinus robertsi, Cenomanocarcinus simplex, Cenomanocarcinus siouxensis, Cenomanocarcinus tenuicarinatus, Cenomanocarcinus vanstraeleni

Type specimen: BMNH In. 63710, a carapace. Its type locality is Calabar-Akamkpa road, 1 km N of junction [Odukpani Fm], which is in a Cenomanian offshore shale in the Odukpani Formation of Nigeria.

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Calabar-Akamkpa road, 1 km N of junction [Odukpani Fm]

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