Prehepatus lenolensis Rathbun 1935

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Aethridae

Alternative combination: Xanthias lenolensis

Full reference: M. J. Rathbun. 1935. A new xanthid crab from the Cretaceous of New Jersey. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Science of Philadelphia 87:165-166

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

See also Rathbun 1935

Sister taxa: Prehepatus cretaceus, Prehepatus dilksi, Prehepatus harrisi, Prehepatus mexicanus

Type specimen: ANSP 12804, a carapace. Its type locality is Lenola, which is in a Campanian marine horizon in the Merchantville Formation of New Jersey.

Distribution: found only at Lenola

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