Eurycarpus Schlüter 1868 (spiny lobster)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Palinuridae

Full reference: C. Schlüter. 1868. Taxonomic names, in Neue Fische und Krebse aus der Kreide von Westfalen. Palaeontographica 15:269-305

Parent taxon: Palinuridae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2015

See also Glaessner 1969, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Archaeocarabus, Archaeopalinurus, Astacodes, Jasus, Justitia, Linuparus, Palaeopalinurus, Palinurellus, Palinurina, Palinurus, Panulirus, Parallelogastrus, Phalangites, Projasus, Puerulus, Rugafarius, Yunnanopalinura

Subtaxa: Eurycarpus nanodactylus

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Type: Eurycarpus nanodactylus

Ecology: infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Germany (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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