†Falconoplax bicarinella Collins and Morris 1976 (crab)
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Malacostraca - Decapoda - Chasmocarcinidae
Locality information indeterminate. Listed as: Lower or Middle Eocene, Scotland Beds, Spa, Barbados
Full reference: J. S. H. Collins and S. F. Morris. 1976. Tertiary and Pleistocene crabs from Barbados and Trinidad. Palaeontology 19(1):107-131
Belongs to Falconoplax according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Collins and Morris 1976, Luque et al. 2017 and Schweitzer and Feldmann 2001
Sister taxon: Falconoplax kugleri
Type specimen: BMNH In. 61353. Its type locality is Spa Estate, which is in an Eocene/Eocene marine horizon in the Scotland Beds Formation of Barbados.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Spa Estate
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