Goniochele madseni Collins and Jakobsen 2003 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Goniochelidae

Full reference: J. S. H. Collins and S. L. Jakobsen. 2003. New crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda) from the Eocene (Ypresian/Lutetian) Lillebaelt Clay Formation of Jutland, Denmark. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 30:63-96

Belongs to Goniochele according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Goniochele angulata, Goniochele armata

Type specimen: MGUH 26784. Its type locality is Trelde Naes (MGUH collection), which is in a Ypresian/Lutetian marine claystone in the Lillebaelt Clay Formation of Denmark.

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Trelde Naes (MGUH collection)

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