Malacostraca - Decapoda - Palinuridae

Full reference: R. M. Feldmann, C. W. Helm, A. M. W. Lawfield and C. E. Schweitzer. 2021. New Late Cretaceous palinurid (Decapoda: Achelata: Palinuridae) from northeastern British Columbia, Canada. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 299:149-159

Belongs to Linuparus according to R. M. Feldmann et al. 2021

Sister taxa: Linuparus (Linuparus), Linuparus adkinsi, Linuparus africanus, Linuparus bererensis, Linuparus bigranulatus, Linuparus canadensis, Linuparus carteri, Linuparus dentatus, Linuparus duelmenensis, Linuparus dzheirantuiensis, Linuparus eocenicus, Linuparus euthymei, Linuparus grimmeri, Linuparus hantscheli, Linuparus japonicus, Linuparus keysi, Linuparus kleinfelderi, Linuparus korura, Linuparus laevicephalus, Linuparus macellarii, Linuparus petkovici, Linuparus pustulosus, Linuparus richardsi, Linuparus schluteri, Linuparus scyllariformis, Linuparus secretanae, Linuparus shacklefordae, Linuparus sordidus, Linuparus spinosus, Linuparus stolleyi, Linuparus straili, Linuparus tarrantensis, Linuparus texanus, Linuparus trigonus, Linuparus vancouverensis, Linuparus watkinsi, Linuparus wilcoxensis, Linuparus (Eolinuparus) vancouverensis, Linuparus (Podocrates) spinosus, Linuparus (Podocratus) richardsi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Quality Canyon, which is in a Turonian marine siltstone in the Kaskapau Formation of Canada

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Quality Canyon

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