†Oplophorus marcki Schlüter 1862 (shrimp)
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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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