Malacostraca - Decapoda - Orithopsidae

Parent taxon: Orithopsidae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2018

See also Karasawa et al. 2014, Schweitzer et al. 2003, Schweitzer et al. 2010, Schweitzer et al. 2016 and van Bakel et al. 2012

Sister taxa: Aetocarcinus, Anoplocarcinus, Bellcarcinus, Chronocancer, Colombicarcinus, Cristella, Marycarcinus, Orithopsis, Paradoxicarcinus, Paradoxilissopsa, Planocarcinus, Shazella, Silvacarcinus, Texicancer

Subtaxa: Cherpiocarcinus rostratus

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Type: Cherpiocarcinus rostratus

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Lafarge quarry, Boussens (Paleocene of France)

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