Malacostraca - Decapoda - Zanthopsidae
Alternative combination: Xanthopsis bispinosa
Full reference: F. M'Coy. 1849. On the classification of some British fossil Crustacea with notices of new forms in the university collection at Cambridge. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Second Series 4:161-179
Belongs to Zanthopsis according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Bell 1858 and M'Coy 1849
Sister taxa: Zanthopsis bartholomaeensis, Zanthopsis brasiliana, Zanthopsis carolinensis, Zanthopsis cretacea, Zanthopsis dufouri, Zanthopsis errans, Zanthopsis hendersonianus, Zanthopsis leachii, Zanthopsis milleri, Zanthopsis minor, Zanthopsis multispinosa, Zanthopsis nodosa, Zanthopsis peytoni, Zanthopsis sternbergi, Zanthopsis unispinosa, Zanthopsis vulgaris
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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