Malacostraca - Decapoda - Coleiidae
Full reference: G. Schweigert and W. Ernst. 2012. First record of a polychelid lobster (Crustacea: Decapoda: Coleiidae) from the Sinemurian (Early Jurassic) of Germany. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 263:35-42
Belongs to Coleia according to G. Schweigert and W. Ernst 2012
Sister taxa: Coleia antiqua, Coleia barrovensis, Coleia boboi, Coleia bredonensis, Coleia brodiei, Coleia crassichelis, Coleia incerta, Coleia longipes, Coleia mediterranea, Coleia moorei, Coleia morierei, Coleia pinnai, Coleia popeyei, Coleia sibirica, Coleia sinuata, Coleia tenuichelis, Coleia uzume, Coleia viallii, Coleia wilmcotensis
Type specimen: University of Greifswald GG 377/1, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Eisenach, 1979 temporary exposure, which is in a Semicostatum marine claystone in Germany.
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Eisenach, 1979 temporary exposure
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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