Oplophorus marcki Schlüter 1862 (shrimp)

Malacostraca - Oplophoridae

Alternative combination: Oplophorus vondermarcki

Full reference: C. Schlüter. 1862. Die Macruren Decapoden der Senon- und Cenomanbildungen Westphalens. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft 14:702-749

Belongs to Oplophorus according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010

See also Schlüter 1862 and von der Marck 1863

Sister taxa: Oplophorus novaezeelandiae, Oplophorus rosselli, Oplophorus spinosus, Oplophorus syriacus

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Arenfelde quarry, near Sendenhorst (Cretaceous of Germany)

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