Astacodes Bell 1863 (spiny lobster)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Palinuridae

Full reference: T. Bell. 1863. A Monograph of the Fossil Malacostracous Crustacea, Part II. Crustacea of the Gault and Greensand. Palaeontographical Society Monograph 14(63):1-40

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

See also Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Sepkoski 2002

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

Subtaxa: Astacodes davisi Astacodes falcifer Astacodes kamptneri Astacodes maxwelli Astacodes strambergensis Astacodes woodwardi

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Type: Astacodes falcifer

Ecology: infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Australia (1 collection), Germany (1), Mexico (1), United States (5: Texas)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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