Malacostraca - Decapoda - Chasmocarcinidae
originally assigned to the genus Palaeographsus and was later reassigned to the current genus
Alternative combination: Palaeograpsus bartonensis
Full reference: W. J. Quayle and J. S. H. Collins. 1981. New Eocene crabs from the Hampshire Basin. Palaeontology 24(4):733-758
Belongs to Orthakrolophos according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Quayle and Collins 1981 and Schweitzer and Feldmann 2001
Sister taxa: Orthakrolophos bittneri, Orthakrolophos depressus
Type specimen: BMNH In.61733, a carapace. Its type locality is Horizon A2, Christchurch Bay, which is in a Bartonian coastal claystone in the Barton Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.
Distribution:
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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