Malacostraca - Decapoda - Palaeocorystidae
Synonym: Palaeocorystes Bell 1863 [objective synonym]
Full reference: F. M'Coy. 1849. On the classification of some British fossil Crustacea with notices of new forms in the university collection at Cambridge. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Second Series 4:161-179
Parent taxon: Palaeocorystidae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2018
See also Collins 2002, Collins and Wienberg Rasmussen 1992, Glaessner 1980, Karasawa et al. 2014, Rathbun 1926, Rathbun 1935, Schweitzer et al. 2010, Sepkoski 2002, Tucker 1998 and Woodward 1871
Sister taxa: Alessandranina, Cenocorystes, Cretacoranina, Eucorystes, Ferroranina, Joeranina, Planocorystes, Ripleycorystes
Subtaxa: Notopocorystes (Notopocorystes) Notopocorystes bituberculatus Notopocorystes denisae Notopocorystes exiguus Notopocorystes normani Notopocorystes parvus Notopocorystes ripleyensis Notopocorystes stokesi Notopocorystes xizangensis
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Australia (1 collection), France (8), Iran (1), Madagascar (1), Switzerland (1), the United Kingdom (6), United States (2: Mississippi, Texas)
Total: 20 collections including 23 occurrences
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