Mclaynotopus Artal et al. 2022 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Dromiidae

Full reference: P. Artal, F. A. Ferratges, B. W. M. Bakel and S. Zamora. 2022. A highly diverse dromioid crab assemblage (Decapoda, Brachyura) associated with pinnacle reefs in the lower Eocene of Spain. Journal of Paleontology 96:591-610

Parent taxon: Basinotopidae according to C.E. Schweitzer and R.M. Feldmann 2024

See also Artal et al. 2022

Sister taxa: Basinotopus, Lucanthonisia, Noetlingocarcinus

Subtaxa: Mclaynotopus alpina Mclaynotopus longispinosus

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Type: Mclaynotopus longispinosus

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Spain (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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