Pyromaia inflata Collins and Morris 1978 (spider crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Inachoididae

Full reference: J. S. H. Collins and S. F. Morris. 1978. New Lower Tertiary Crabs from Pakistan. Palaeontology 21(4):957-981

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

See also Collins and Morris 1978

Sister taxon: Pyromaia tuberculata

Type specimen: BMNH In. 48246, a carapace. Its type locality is South of Nila Kund, which is in a Ypresian coastal shale/limestone in the Ghazij Formation of Pakistan.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at South of Nila Kund

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