Zygastrocarcinus Bishop 1983 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Homolidae

Full reference: G. A. Bishop. 1983. Two new species of crabs, Notopocorystes (Eucorystes) eichhorni and Zygastrocarcinus griesi (Decapoda: Brachyura) from the Bearpaw Shale (Campanian) of north-central Montana. Journal of Paleontology 57(7):900-910

Parent taxon: Homolidae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010

See also Bishop 1983, Feldmann et al. 2008 and Luque et al. 2017

Sister taxa: Antarctomithrax, Ariecornibus, Cretalamoha, Dagnaudus, Doerflesia, Homola, Homolochunia, Homologenus, Homolomannia, Homolopsis, Hoplitocarcinus, Lamoha, Latheticocarcinus, Latreillopsis, Lignihomola, Londinimola, Moloha, Navarrahomola, Nogarhomola, Paromola, Paromolopsis, Prohomola, Yaldwynopsis

Subtaxa: Zygastrocarcinus cardsmithi Zygastrocarcinus carolinasensis Zygastrocarcinus griesi Zygastrocarcinus mendryki Zygastrocarcinus waagei

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Type: Zygastrocarcinus griesi

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (5: Montana, South Dakota, Wyoming collections)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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