Sculptoplax oscensis Ossó and Domínguez 2017 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda

Alternative combination: Eoacantholobulus oscensis

Full reference: À Ossó and J. L. Domínguez. 2017. A new genus and new species of decapod crustacean (Decapoda: Brachyura: Panopeidae) from the early Priabonian (Late Eocene) of the central Pyrenees of Huesca (Aragón, Spain), with remarks on its habitat and ecology. Journal of Crustacean Biology 37:602-607

Belongs to Sculptoplax according to À. Ossó et al. 2020

See also Ossó and Domínguez 2017 and Schweitzer et al. 2021

Sister taxon: Sculptoplax rigida

Type specimen: MPZ-2017/542, a carapace. Its type locality is Road N-260, ESE of Fanlillo, Yebra de Basa, which is in a Priabonian deep subtidal marl in the Margas de Pamplona Formation of Spain.

Ecology: infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Road N-260, ESE of Fanlillo, Yebra de Basa

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