Malacostraca - Eumalacostraca - Pygocephalidae

Alternative combination: Apus dubius

Synonyms: Anthrapalaemon grossarti Salter 1861, Palaeocarabus russelianus Salter 1863

Full reference: J. Prestwich. 1840. On the geology of Coalbrook Dale. Transactions of the Geological Society of London 5:413-495

Belongs to Pygocephalus according to F. R. Schram 1979

See also Prestwich 1840

Sister taxa: Pygocephalus cooperi, Anthrapalaemon gracilis

Type specimens:

• Pygocephalus dubius: GSL 54398/9, a carapace
• Anthrapalaemon grossarti:
• Palaeocarabus russelianus:

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore

Distribution: found only at Coalbrook Dale (White Flatstone Measures, Prestwich collection) (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)

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