Cenocorystes fournieri 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). (35)43-50

Belongs to Cenocorystes according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2018

See also Collins and Breton 2009, Karasawa et al. 2014, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and van Bakel et al. 2012

Sister taxon: Cenocorystes bretoni

Type specimen: MHN LM 2003-1-3813, a carapace. Its type locality is Saint-Maixent, which is in a Cenomanian marine sandstone in France.

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Saint-Maixent

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