Archaeocarabus M'Coy 1849 (spiny lobster)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Palinuridae

Full reference: F. M'Coy. 1849. On the classification of some British fossil Crustacea with notices of new forms in the university collection at Cambridge. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Second Series 4:161-179

Parent taxon: Palinuridae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2015

See also Rathbun 1935, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Archaeopalinurus, Astacodes, Eurycarpus, Jasus, Justitia, Linuparus, Palaeopalinurus, Palinurellus, Palinurina, Palinurus, Panulirus, Parallelogastrus, Phalangites, Projasus, Puerulus, Rugafarius, Yunnanopalinura

Subtaxa: Archaeocarabus bowerbanki Archaeocarabus vanuaensis Archaeocarabus whitfieldi

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Type: Archaeocarabus bowerbanki

Ecology: infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Fiji (2 collections)

• Miocene of United States (1: New Jersey)

• Eocene of the United Kingdom (3)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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