Gracilimanus Feldmann and Schweitzer 2014 (decapod)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Stenochiridae

Full reference: R. M. Feldmann and C. E. Schweitzer. 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

Parent taxon: Stenochiridae according to R. M. Feldmann et al. 2016

See also Feldmann and Schweitzer 2014

Sister taxa: Chilenophoberus, Gypsonicus, Palaeophoberus, Pseudastacus, Stenochirus, Tillocheles

Subtaxa: Gracilimanus obscurus

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Type: Gracilimanus obscurus

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at West flank of Big Horn Mountains (Jurassic of Wyoming)

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