Malacostraca - Decapoda - Glaessneropsidae
Full reference: G. A. Bishop. 1976. Ekalakia lamberti n. gen., n. sp. (Crustacea, Decapoda) from the Upper Cretaceous Pierre Shale of eastern Montana. Journal of Paleontology 50(3):398-401
Parent taxon: Glaessneropsidae according to B. W. van Bakel and D. Guinot 2023
See also Feldmann et al. 2008, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Schweitzer et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Charassocarcinus, Glaessneropsis, Meroncarcinus, Verrucarcinus, Vilsercarcinus
Subtaxa: Ekalakia exophthalmops Ekalakia lamberti
Type: Ekalakia lamberti
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (5: Montana, North Dakota, Wyoming collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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