Cenocorystes Collins and Breton 2009 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Palaeocorystidae

Full reference: J. S. H. Collins and G. Breton. 2009. New crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda) from the Cenomanian stratotype (Western Paris Basin, France). Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 35:43-50

Parent taxon: Palaeocorystidae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2018

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

Sister taxa: Alessandranina, Cretacoranina, Eucorystes, Ferroranina, Joeranina, Notopocorystes, Planocorystes, Ripleycorystes

Subtaxa: Cenocorystes bretoni Cenocorystes fournieri

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Type: Cenocorystes fournieri

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Vibraye (Cretaceous of France)

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