Malacostraca - Decapoda - Longodromitidae
Full reference: R. H. B. Fraaye and J. S. H. Collins. 1996. Two new decapod crustaceans from the Portlandian of Dorset, England. Proceedings of the Geologists Association 107:323-326
Belongs to Dioratiopus according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Fraaye and Collins 1996
Sister taxa: Dioratiopus angusta, Dioratiopus dawsonensis, Dioratiopus depressa, Dioratiopus hearttailensis, Dioratiopus latteri, Dioratiopus salebrosus, Dioratiopus scotti, Dioratiopus spinosa
Type specimen: MAB K.1694, a carapace. Its type locality is ARC Broadcraft Quarry, Roach blocks, which is in a Tithonian perireef or subreef packstone in the Purbeck Limestone Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at ARC Broadcraft Quarry, Roach blocks
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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