Malacostraca - Decapoda - Lyreididae
Alternative combination: Lyreidus (Lyreidus) antarcticus
Full reference: R. M. Feldmann and W. J. Zinsmeister. 1984. New Fossil Crabs (Decapoda: Brachyura) from the La Meseta Formation (Eocene) of Antarctica: Paleogeographic and Biogeographic Implications. Journal of Paleontology 58(4):1046-1061
Belongs to Lyreidus according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Feldmann 1992, Feldmann et al. 2003, Feldmann and Wilson 1988 and Karasawa et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Lyreidus (Lyreidus), Lyreidus bennetti, Lyreidus brevifrons, Lyreidus elegans, Lyreidus fastigatus, Lyreidus hookeri, Lyreidus hungaricus, Lyreidus lebuensis, Lyreidus rosenkrantzi, Lyreidus stenops, Lyreidus teodorii, Lyreidus teshimai, Lyreidus tridentatus, Lyreidus waitakiensis, Lysirude hookeri, Lysirude griffini, Lysirude nitidus, Lysirude paronae, Lysirude channeri
Type specimen: Its type locality is IPS 445, Seymour Island, which is in a Bartonian marine sandstone in the La Meseta Formation of Antarctica
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Antarctica (23 collections)
Total: 23 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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