Malacostraca - Decapoda - Nephropidae
Parent taxon: Nephropidae according to R. M. Feldmann et al. 2016
See also Feldmann and McPherson 1980, Schweitzer et al. 2010, Sepkoski 2002 and Tshudy and Sorhannus 2000
Sister taxa: Acanthacaris, Cardirhynchus, Dinochelus, Eoacanthacaris, Eunephrops, Homarinus, Homarus, Hoploparia, Jagtia, Metahomarus, Metanephrops, Nephropides, Nephropinae, Nephrops, Nephropsis, Oncopareia, Palaeohomarus, Paraclythia, Pseudohomarus, Thaumastocheles, Thaumastochelopsis, Thymopides, Thymops, Thymopsis
Subtaxa: Palaeonephrops browni Palaeonephrops westoni
Type: Hoploparia browni
Ecology: infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (2: Alberta collections), United States (1: Montana)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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