Typilobus obscurus Quayle and Collins 1981 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda

Full reference: W. J. Quayle and J. S. H. Collins. 1981. New Eocene crabs from the Hampshire Basin. Palaeontology 24(4):733-758

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

See also Quayle and Collins 1981

Sister taxa: Typilobus alponensis, Typilobus belli, Typilobus birshteinyi, Typilobus corrodatus, Typilobus granulosus, Typilobus johnfeni, Typilobus kishimotoi, Typilobus marginatus, Typilobus modregoi, Typilobus moralejai, Typilobus prevostianus, Typilobus sadeki, Typilobus semseyanus, Typilobus trispinosus, Typilobus unispinatus

Type specimen: BMNH 49664, a carapace. Its type locality is Colwell Bay (Edwards collection), which is in a Priabonian coastal siliciclastic in the Headon Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of the United Kingdom (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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