Gonioneptunites hungarica Lörenthey 1898 (swimming crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Portunidae

Alternative combination: Neptunus hungaricus

Full reference: E. Lörenthey. 1898. Beiträge zur Decapodenfauna des ungarischen Tertiärs. Über die Brachyuren der palaeontologischen sammlung des bayerischen Staates. Termeszetrajzi Füzetek 11:1-152

Belongs to Gonioneptunites according to L. Via 1959

See also Lörenthey 1898, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Schweitzer et al. 2021

Sister taxa: Colneptunus catalaunicus, Colneptunus dalloni, Colneptunus hungaricus

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Solymar (Eocene of Hungary)

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