Lobonotus orientalis Collins and Morris 1978 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Tumidocarcinidae

Full reference: J. S. H. Collins and S. F. Morris. 1978. New Lower Tertiary Crabs from Pakistan. Palaeontology 21(4):957-981

Belongs to Lobonotus according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2002

See also Charbonnier et al. 2013, Collins and Morris 1978, Schweitzer et al. 2004, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Schweitzer et al. 2021

Sister taxa: Lobonotus australis, Lobonotus bakeri, Lobonotus beschini, Lobonotus brazosensis, Lobonotus foerstei, Lobonotus lobulata, Lobonotus mexicanus, Lobonotus natchitochensis, Lobonotus purdyi, Lobonotus sandersi, Lobonotus sculptus, Lobonotus sturgeoni, Archaeopilumnus caelatus

Type specimen: BMNH In.48245, a carapace. Its type locality is South of Nila Kund, which is in a Ypresian coastal shale/limestone in the Ghazij Formation of Pakistan.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at South of Nila Kund

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