Protonecrocarcinus (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Paranecrocarcinidae

Parent taxon: Paranecrocarcinidae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2018

See also Schweitzer et al. 2016 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Paranecrocarcinus, Pseudonecrocarcinus, Thelecarcinus

Subtaxa: Protonecrocarcinus ovalis

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Type: Necrocarcinus ovalis

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Tres Hermanos Decapods (Cretaceous of New Mexico)

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