Goniocypoda edwardsi Woodward 1868 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Hexapodidae

Full reference: H. Woodward. 1868. Third Report on the Structure and Classification of the Fossil Crustacea. Report of the Thirty- seventh Meeting of the British Association of the Advancement of Science (Dundee, 1867) 44-47

Belongs to Goniocypoda according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010

See also Schweitzer and Feldmann 2001 and Secrétan 1971

Sister taxa: Goniocypoda audensis, Goniocypoda collinsi, Goniocypoda elmorensis, Goniocypoda quaylei, Goniocypoda rajasthanica, Goniocypoda sindensis, Goniocypoda sulcata, Goniocypoda tessieri, Goniocypoda transsilvanica, Goniocypoda verheyeni

Type specimen: Its type locality is Red Marl of High Cliff, which is in an Eocene marine marl in the United Kingdom

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of the United Kingdom (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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