Potamon hegauense Klaus and Gross 2010 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Potamidae

Synonym: Potamon (Pontipotamon) ibericum Bieberstein 1808

Full reference: S. Klaus and M. Gross. 2010. Synopsis of the fossil freshwater crabs of Europe (Brachyura: Potamoidea: Potamidae). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 256(1):39-59

Belongs to Potamon according to S. Klaus and M. Gross 2010

Sister taxa: Potamon (Pontipotamon), Potamon (Potamon), Potamon castellinense, Potamon hungaricum, Potamon ibericum, Potamon potamios, Potamon proavitum, Potamon quenstedti, Potamon sivalense, Potamon speciosus, Telphusa speciosa

Type specimens:

  • Potamon hegauense: SMNK–PAL 6520, a carapace
  • Potamon (Pontipotamon) ibericum:

Ecology: infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Austria (3 collections), Germany (1), Slovakia (1)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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