Mesolambrus Muller and Collins 1991 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Parthenopidae

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: Parthenopidae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2020

See also Beschin et al. 2015, Beschin et al. 2016, Beschin et al. 2018, Muller and Collins 1991 and Schweitzer et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Agolambrus, Branchiolambrus, Dairoidinae, Daldorfiinae, Heterocrypta, Parthenopinae

Subtaxa: Mesolambrus bragai Mesolambrus declinatus Mesolambrus ypresianus

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Type: Mesolambrus declinatus

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Italy (6 collections)

• Paleogene of Hungary (1)

Total: 7 collections including 11 occurrences

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