Palaeonephrops Mertin 1941 (clawed lobster)

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, Eunephrops, Homarinus, Homarus, Hoploparia, Jagtia, Metahomarus, Metanephrops, Nephropides, Nephropinae, Nephrops, Nephropsis, Notahomarus, Oncopareia, Palaeohomarus, Paraclythia, Pseudohomarus, Thaumastocheles, Thaumastochelopsis, Thymopides, Thymops, Thymopsis

Subtaxa: Palaeonephrops browni Palaeonephrops westoni

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Type: Hoploparia browni

Ecology: infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Canada (3: Alberta collections), United States (3: Montana, South Dakota)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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