Dinochelus Ahyong et al. 2010 (clawed lobster)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Nephropidae

Parent taxon: Nephropidae according to R. H. B. Fraaije et al. 2018

See also Feldmann et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Acanthacaris, Cardirhynchus, Eoacanthacaris, Eunephrops, Homarinus, Homarus, Hoploparia, Jagtia, Metahomarus, Metanephrops, Nephropides, Nephropinae, Nephrops, Nephropsis, Oncopareia, Palaeohomarus, Palaeonephrops, Paraclythia, Pseudohomarus, Thaumastocheles, Thaumastochelopsis, Thymopides, Thymops, Thymopsis

Subtaxa: Dinochelus radwanskii Dinochelus steeplensis

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Ecology: infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of the United Kingdom (11 collections)

• Cretaceous of Poland (1)

Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence

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