Liocarcinus heintzi Schweitzer and Feldmann 2010 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Carcinidae

Full reference: C. E. Schweitzer and R. M. Feldmann. 2010. New fossil decapod crustaceans from the Remy Collection, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris. Geodiversitas 32(3):399-415

Belongs to Liocarcinus according to C. E. Schweitzer and R. M. Feldmann 2010

Sister taxa: Liocarcinus atropatanus, Liocarcinus corrugatus, Liocarcinus depurator, Liocarcinus holsatus, Liocarcinus kuehni, Liocarcinus lancetidactylus, Liocarcinus marmoreus, Liocarcinus oligocaenicus, Liocarcinus oroszyi, Liocarcinus praearcuatus, Liocarcinus priscus, Liocarcinus pusillus, Liocarcinus rakosensis

Type specimen: MNHN R03778, a carapace

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Monségur (Oligocene of France)

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