Malacostraca - Decapoda - Tumidocarcinidae
Full reference: R. H. B. Fraaye. 1994. Early Paleocene crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda) from the Middle Vistula Valley, Central Poland. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 44:261-266
Belongs to Titanocarcinus according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Fraaye 1994
Sister taxa: Titanocarcinus briarti, Titanocarcinus decor, Titanocarcinus elegansdup, Titanocarcinus euglyhos, Titanocarcinus faxeensis, Titanocarcinus kambuehelensis, Titanocarcinus mammillatus, Titanocarcinus raulinianus, Titanocarcinus reisi, Titanocarcinus schweitzerae, Titanocarcinus serratifrons, Titanocarcinus sismondae, Titanocarcinus subellipticus, Titanocarcinus zoellneri
Type specimen: MAB k00l5, a carapace. Its type locality is Nasiłów quarry, 3.5 m above Opoka/Greensand boundary, which is in a Danian marine siliciclastic in Poland.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Nasiłów quarry, 3.5 m above Opoka/Greensand boundary
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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