Metopocarcinus Stimpson 1860 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Panopeidae

Parent taxon: Panopeinae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2021

See also Beschin et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Eurypanopeus, Eurytium, Hexapanopeus, Laevicarcinus, Lophopanopeus, Panopeus, Tetraxanthus

Subtaxa: Metopocarcinus fragilis

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Ecology: infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Cava Lovara, Chiampo (Eocene of Italy)

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