†Gonioneptunites hungarica Lörenthey 1898 (swimming crab)
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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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