Glyptodynomene inornata Collins et al. 1995 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda

Full reference: J. S. H. Collins, R. H. B. Fraaye, and W.M. Jagt. 1995. Late Cretaceous anomurans and brachyurans from the Maastrichtian type area. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 40(2):165-210

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

See also Collins et al. 1995

Sister taxon: Glyptodynomene alsasuensis

Type specimen: MAB k.0668. Its type locality is ENCI NV quarry (upper third of Meerssen Mb), which is in a Maastrichtian carbonate limestone in the Maastricht Formation of the Netherlands.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at ENCI NV quarry (upper third of Meerssen Mb)

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