Malacostraca - Decapoda - Cancridae
Full reference: J. L. Anderson and R. M. Feldmann. 1995. Lobocarcinus lumacopius (Decapoda: Cancridae), a new species of cancrid crab from the Eocene of Fayum, Egypt. Journal of Paleontology 69:922-932
Belongs to Lobocarcinus according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Anderson and Feldmann 1995
Sister taxa: Lobocarcinus aegypticus, Lobocarcinus catalaunicus, Lobocarcinus indicus, Lobocarcinus paulinowuerttemburgensis, Lobocarcinus paulinowurtembergensis, Lobocarcinus pentanodosus, Lobocarcinus pustulosus, Lobocarcinus santosi, Lobocarcinus sismondae, Lobocarcinus sismondai
Type specimen: Its type locality is Wadi Hitan, which is in a Bartonian coastal shale in the Gehannam Formation of Egypt
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Egypt (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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