Gemmacarcinus Muller and Collins 1991 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda

Full reference: P. Muller and J. S. H. Collins. 1991. Late Eocene Coral-Associated Decapods (Crustacea) From Hungary. Contributions to Tertiary and Quaternary Geology 28(2-3):47-92

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

See also Karasawa and Schweitzer 2006, Muller and Collins 1991 and Schweitzer et al. 2010

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

Subtaxa: Gemmacarcinus fossatus Gemmacarcinus planus

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Type: Gemmacarcinus fossatus

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Szepvolgy Limestory Facies 4 ( of Hungary)

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