Malacostraca - Decapoda - Palaeocorystidae

Full reference: B. W. M. van Bakel, D. Guinot, P. Artal, R. H. B. Fraaije, and J. W. M. Jagt. 2012. A revision of the Palaeocorystoidea and the phylogeny of raninoidian crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Podotremata). Zootaxa 3215:1-216

Belongs to Ferroranina according to B. W. M. van Bakel et al. 2012

See also Karasawa et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Ferroranina australis, Ferroranina dichrous

Type specimen: OUM KY.2861. Its type locality is Kunnam and Odiyam, which is in a Cenomanian marine horizon in the Karai Formation of India.

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Kunnam and Odiyam

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