Malacostraca - Decapoda - Palaeocorystidae
Alternative spelling: Notopocorystes (Cretacoranina)
Parent taxon: Palaeocorystidae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2018
See also Collins 2002, Collins and Wienberg Rasmussen 1992, Glaessner 1980, Karasawa et al. 2014, Luque et al. 2017, Schweitzer et al. 2010, Tucker 1998 and van Bakel et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Aguadites, Alessandranina, Cenocorystes, Eucorystes, Ferroranina, Joeranina, Notopocorystes, Planocorystes, Ripleycorystes
Subtaxa: Cretacoranina australis Cretacoranina denisae Cretacoranina fritschi Cretacoranina punctata Cretacoranina schloenbachi Cretacoranina testacea Cretacoranina trechmanni
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Belgium (1 collection), Germany (2), Jamaica (2), Madagascar (1), Spain (1), United States (3: Delaware, Mississippi, mississippi)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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