Ampliura Morris and Collins 1991 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda

Full reference: S. F. Morris and J. S. H. Collins. 1991. Neogene crabs from Brunei, Sabah, and Sarawak. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology 47(1):1-33

Parent taxon: Leucosioidea according to H. Karasawa et al. 2019

See also Morris and Collins 1991, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Andorina, Duncanitrix, Folguerolesiidae, Gemmacarcinus, Hepatinulus, Iphiculidae, Leucosiidae, Matutidae, Nucilobus, Palaeomyra, Pterocarcinus, Typilobus

Subtaxa: Ampliura simplex

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Type: Ampliura simplex

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Tutong Road, S.5537 (Miocene of Brunei Darussalam)

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