Notopocorystes normani Bell 1863 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Palaeocorystidae

Alternative combination: Palaeocorystes normani

Full reference: T. Bell. 1863. A Monograph of the Fossil Malacostracous Crustacea, Part II. Crustacea of the Gault and Greensand. Palaeontographical Society Monograph 14(63):1-40

Belongs to Notopocorystes according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010

See also Bell 1863 and Karasawa et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Notopocorystes (Notopocorystes), Notopocorystes bituberculatus, Notopocorystes denisae, Notopocorystes exiguus, Notopocorystes parvus, Notopocorystes ripleyensis, Notopocorystes stokesi, Notopocorystes xizangensis

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Lower Chalk Dover (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)

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