Malacostraca - Decapoda - Nephropidae
Parent taxon: Nephropidae according to R. M. Feldmann et al. 2016
See also Feldmann and Holland 1971, Rathbun 1935, Schweitzer et al. 2010, Sepkoski 2002 and Tshudy and Sorhannus 2000
Sister taxa: Acanthacaris, Cardirhynchus, Dinochelus, Eoacanthacaris, Eunephrops, Homarinus, Homarus, Hoploparia, Jagtia, Metahomarus, Metanephrops, Nephropides, Nephropinae, Nephropsis, Oncopareia, Palaeohomarus, Palaeonephrops, Paraclythia, Pseudohomarus, Thaumastocheles, Thaumastochelopsis, Thymopides, Thymops, Thymopsis
Subtaxa: Nephrops aequus Nephrops americanus Nephrops costatus Nephrops geoffroyi Nephrops kvistgaardae Nephrops maoensis Nephrops naoensis Nephrops norvegicus Nephrops reedi
Ecology: infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Panama (1 collection)
• Miocene of Denmark (2), the Dominican Republic (2)
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (1)
• Cretaceous of United States (1: Texas)
Total: 7 collections including 8 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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