Malacostraca - Decapoda - Erymidae

Full reference: R. M. Feldmann and M. J. Copeland. 1988. A new species of erymid lobster from Lower Jurassic strata (Sinemurian/Pliensbachian), Fernie Formation, southwestern Alberta. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 379:93-101

Belongs to Eryma according to R. M. Feldmann and M. J. Copeland 1988

See also Schweitzer et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Eryma affinis, Eryma amalthei, Eryma americana, Eryma americanum, Eryma anisodactylum, Eryma antiquum, Eryma australe, Eryma babeaui, Eryma birdi, Eryma boloniensis, Eryma bordenensis, Eryma caraboeufi, Eryma compressum, Eryma corallinum, Eryma crassimanum, Eryma cumonti, Eryma dutertrei, Eryma flecta, Eryma flectum, Eryma fossatum, Eryma georgei, Eryma glaessneri, Eryma gracilimanum, Eryma hoerstgenensis, Eryma jungostrix, Eryma lafayi, Eryma lerasi, Eryma leucodermum, Eryma madagascariensis, Eryma major, Eryma mandelslohi, Eryma modestiforme, Eryma modestiformis, Eryma mosquensis, Eryma nippon, Eryma ornatum, Eryma oscari, Eryma osciensis, Eryma pulchellum, Eryma punctatum, Eryma quadriverrucatum, Eryma quenstedti, Eryma radiatum, Eryma rinellincolum, Eryma romani, Eryma sinemurianum, Eryma squalidum, Eryma stantoni, Eryma strambergensis, Eryma stricklandi, Eryma sulcatum, Eryma veltheimii, Eryma ventrosum, Eryma vocontii, Galicia veltheimi, Galicia westphali, Erymastacus hoerstgenensis, Erymastacus ornatus

Type specimen: GSC 80067, a carapace. Its type locality is GSC 75402, Bighorn Creek, which is in a Margaritatus carbonate lime mudstone in the Fernie Formation of Canada.

Ecology: infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at GSC 75402, Bighorn Creek

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