Malacostraca - Decapoda - Lyreididae
Full reference: M. J. Rathbun. 1919. West Indian Tertiary decapod crustaceans. Contributions to the Geology and Paleontology of the West Indies 157-184
Belongs to Lyreidus according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Karasawa et al. 2014 and Rathbun 1919
Sister taxa: Lyreidus (Lyreidus), Lyreidus antarcticus, Lyreidus bennetti, Lyreidus brevifrons, Lyreidus elegans, Lyreidus hookeri, Lyreidus hungaricus, Lyreidus lebuensis, Lyreidus rosenkrantzi, Lyreidus stenops, Lyreidus teodorii, Lyreidus teshimai, Lyreidus tridentatus, Lyreidus waitakiensis, Lysirude hookeri, Lysirude channeri, Lysirude paronae, Lysirude nitidus, Lysirude griffini
Type specimen: USNM 166940, a claw. Its type locality is USGS 6966, Crocus Bay, which is in a Burdigalian/Serravallian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone/limestone in the Anguilla Formation of Anguilla.
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at USGS 6966, Crocus Bay
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