Malacostraca - Decapoda - Coleiidae
Alternative combination: Eryon crassichelis
Synonym: Archaeastacus willemoesii Bate 1884
Full reference: H. Woodward. 1866. Notes on the Species of the Genus Eryon, Desm., from the Lias and Oolite of England and Bavaria. The Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 22:495-502
Belongs to Coleia according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Bate 1884 and Woodward 1866
Sister taxa: Coleia antiqua, Coleia barrovensis, Coleia boboi, Coleia bredonensis, Coleia brodiei, Coleia incerta, Coleia longipes, Coleia martinlutheri, Coleia mediterranea, Coleia moorei, Coleia morierei, Coleia pinnai, Coleia popeyei, Coleia sibirica, Coleia sinuata, Coleia tenuichelis, Coleia uzume, Coleia viallii, Coleia wilmcotensis
Type specimens:
- Coleia crassichelis: Its type locality is Lyme Regis (Captain Hussey collection), which is in a Hettangian/Sinemurian offshore limestone in the United Kingdom
- Archaeastacus willemoesii: BMNH I.967, a carapace. Its type locality is Lyme Regis (J.E. Lee collection), which is in a Hettangian/Sinemurian offshore limestone in the United Kingdom.
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of the United Kingdom (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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