Ibericancer sanchoi Artal et al. 2008 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Ibericancridae

Full reference: P. Artal, D. Guinot, B. Bakel and J. Castillo. 2008. Ibericancridae, a new dakoticancroid family (Decapoda, Brachyura, Podotremata) from the upper Campanian (Upper Cretaceous) of Spain. Zootaxa 1907:1-27

Belongs to Ibericancer according to R. M. Feldmann et al. 2017

See also Artal et al. 2008 and Schweitzer et al. 2010

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MGSB68572, a carapace. Its type locality is Pla de la Basa, which is in a Campanian carbonate marl in Spain.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Pla de la Basa

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