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†Paraclythia Fritsch and Kafka 1887 (clawed lobster)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Nephropidae

Alternative spelling: Paraclytia

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

See also 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, Palaeonephrops, Pseudohomarus, Thaumastocheles, Thaumastochelopsis, Thymopides, Thymops, Thymopsis

Subtaxa: Paraclythia boetticheri Paraclythia cernavoda Paraclythia nephropica Paraclythia nephropiformis Paraclythia valashensis Paraclythia westfalica Paraclytia nephropica

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Type: Paraclytia nephropica

Ecology: infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Weisser Berg, Prag (Cretaceous of Czechia)

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


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