Linuparus (Linuparus) korura Feldmann and Bearlin 1988 (spiny lobster)

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

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