Malacostraca - Decapoda - Orithopsidae
Alternative combinations: Necrocarcinus tricarinatus, Orthopsis tricarinata
Full reference: T. Bell. 1863. A Monograph of the Fossil Malacostracous Crustacea, Part II. Crustacea of the Gault and Greensand. Palaeontographical Society Monograph 14(63):1-40
Belongs to Orithopsis according to F. J. Vega et al. 2010
See also Bell 1863, Guinot et al. 2008, Karasawa et al. 2014, Schweitzer et al. 2010, Schweitzer et al. 2018, Schweitzer et al. 2016 and van Bakel et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Orithopsis angelicus, Orithopsis bonneyi, Orithopsis isericus, Orithopsis siouxensis, Orithopsis tricarinatus
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (2 collections), United States (1: Oregon)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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