†Palaeonephrops westoni Woodward 1900 (clawed lobster)
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Malacostraca - Decapoda - Nephropidae
Alternative combination: Hoploparia westoni
Full reference: H. Woodward. 1900. Further notes on podophthalmous crustaceans from the Upper Cretaceous Formation of British Columbia, etc. The Geological Magazine, Decade IV 7:433-435
Belongs to Palaeonephrops according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Feldmann and McPherson 1980, Rathbun 1930 and Woodward 1900
Sister taxon: Palaeonephrops browni
Ecology: infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (2: Alberta collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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