Malacostraca - Decapoda - Homolidae
Full reference: G. A. Bishop and N. A. Brannen. 1992. Homolopsis pikae, new species (Decapoda), a crab from the Cretaceous of Texas. Journal of Crustacean Biology 12(2):317-323
Parent taxon: Homolidae according to R. M. Feldmann et al. 2012
See also Charbonnier 2025, Glaessner 1980, Larghi 2004, Luque et al. 2017, Rathbun 1926, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Antarctomithrax, Ariecornibus, Cretalamoha, Dagnaudus, Doerflesia, Homola, Homolochunia, Homologenus, Homolomannia, Hoplitocarcinus, Lamoha, Latheticocarcinus, Latreillopsis, Lignihomola, Londinimola, Moloha, Navarrahomola, Nogarhomola, Paromola, Paromolopsis, Prohomola, Yaldwynopsis, Zygastrocarcinus
Subtaxa: Homolopsis atlantica Homolopsis chilensis Homolopsis edwardsii Homolopsis gibbosa Homolopsis glabra Homolopsis hachiyai Homolopsis japonicus Homolopsis spinulosa Homolopsis tuberculata Homolopsis williamsi
Type: Homolopsis dawsonensis
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Japan (1 collection)
• Paleocene of Denmark (1)
• Cretaceous of Australia (1), Belgium (1), France (2), Japan (1), Lebanon (1), Spain (1), Switzerland (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (3: Colorado, Delaware, South Dakota)
Total: 15 collections including 16 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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