Malacostraca - Decapoda - Stenochiridae

Full reference: C. E. Schweitzer and R. M. Feldmann. 2014. Taxonomic names, in First record of decapod crustaceans (Astacidea, Stenochiridae) from the Gypsum Springs Formation (Jurassic) of Wyoming, USA. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 40:1-11

Belongs to Gypsonicus according to R. M. Feldmann et al. 2016

See also Schweitzer and Feldmann 2014

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: USNM 593552, a carapace. Its type locality is West flank of Big Horn Mountains, which is in a Bajocian open shallow subtidal limestone in the Gypsum Spring Formation of Wyoming.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at West flank of Big Horn Mountains

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