Enoploclytia gigantea Devillez et al. 2016 (decapod)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Erymidae

Full reference: J. Devillez, S. Charbonnier, M. Hyzny and L. Leroy. 2016. Review of the Early Cretaceous erymid lobsters (Crustacea: Decapoda) from the Western Tethys. Geodiversitas 38(4):515-541

Belongs to Enoploclytia according to J. Devillez et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Enoploclytia armata, Enoploclytia augustobonae, Enoploclytia collignoni, Enoploclytia edwardsi, Enoploclytia eocenica, Enoploclytia gardnerae, Enoploclytia granulicauda, Enoploclytia imagei, Enoploclytia leachi, Enoploclytia leachii, Enoploclytia minor, Enoploclytia porteri, Enoploclytia salviensis, Enoploclytia sculpta, Enoploclytia seitzi, Enoploclytia sussexiensis, Enoploclytia tenuidigitata, Enoploclytia triglypta, Enoploclytia tumimanus, Enoploclytia wenoensis, Enoploclytia wintoni

Type specimen: Its type locality is 2 1/2 mi SE of Fort Worth, which is in an Albian marine horizon in the Weno Formation of Texas

Ecology: infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at 2 1/2 mi SE of Fort Worth

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