Notopocorystes parvus Rathbun 1935 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Palaeocorystidae

Full reference: M. J. Rathbun. 1935. Fossil Crustacea of the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain. Geological Society of America Special Paper (2)1-160

Belongs to Notopocorystes according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010

See also Rathbun 1935

Sister taxa: Notopocorystes (Notopocorystes), Notopocorystes bituberculatus, Notopocorystes denisae, Notopocorystes exiguus, Notopocorystes normani, Notopocorystes ripleyensis, Notopocorystes stokesi, Notopocorystes xizangensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Blue Mound, near Haslet, which is in an Albian marine claystone in the Denton Formation of Texas

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Blue Mound, near Haslet

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