Malacostraca - Decapoda - Nephropidae

Alternative spelling: Homarus (Palaeohomarus)

Parent taxon: Nephropidae according to R. M. Feldmann et al. 2016

See also Glaessner 1969 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Acanthacaris, Cardirhynchus, Dinochelus, Eoacanthacaris, Eunephrops, Homarinus, Homarus, Hoploparia, Jagtia, Metahomarus, Metanephrops, Nephropides, Nephropinae, Nephrops, Nephropsis, Oncopareia, Palaeonephrops, Paraclythia, Pseudohomarus, Thaumastocheles, Thaumastochelopsis, Thymopides, Thymops, Thymopsis

Subtaxa: Palaeohomarus collignoni Palaeohomarus pacifica

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Ecology: infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Ambarimaninga (Cretaceous of Madagascar)

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