†Linuparus (Linuparus) korura Feldmann and Bearlin 1988 (spiny lobster)
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Malacostraca - Decapoda - Palinuridae
Full reference: R. M. Feldmann and R. K. Bearlin. 1988. Linoparus korura n. sp. (Decapoda: Palinura) from the Bortonian (Eocene) of New Zealand. Journal of Paleontology 62(2):245-250
Belongs to Linuparus (Linuparus) according to R. M. Feldmann and R. K. Bearlin 1988
See also Feldmann and Keys 1992 and Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: OU 12842, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Otaio River Gorge, which is in a Bortonian marine siltstone in the Little Pareora Silt Formation of New Zealand.
Ecology: infaunal carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Linuparus (Linuparus) korura in the database
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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