Malacostraca - Decapoda - Cancridae

Full reference: B. W. M. van Bakel, J. W. M. Jagt, R. H. B., Fraaije, and E. R. H. Wille. 2003. Piacenzian (Pliocene) decapod crustacean faunules from northwest Belgium. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 30:97-108

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

See also van Bakel et al. 2003

Sister taxa: Cancer (Metacarcinus) magister, Metacarcinus anthonyi, Metacarcinus danai, Metacarcinus davidi, Metacarcinus goederti, Metacarcinus gracilis, Metacarcinus granti, Metacarcinus izumoensis, Metacarcinus jenniferae, Metacarcinus magister, Metacarcinus minutoserratus, Metacarcinus novaezelandiae, Metacarcinus starri

Type specimen: MAB k.2386, a carapace. Its type locality is Deurganckdok (Atrina level, Oorderen Mb), which is in a Piacenzian transition zone/lower shoreface sandstone in the Lillo Formation of Belgium.

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Deurganckdok (Atrina level, Oorderen Mb)

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