Cretacocarcinus fortis García-Penas et al. 2023 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Camarocarcinidae

Full reference: A. García-Penas, F. A. Ferratges, J.A. Moreno-Bedmar, T. Bover-Arnal, J. M. Gasca, M. Aurell, and S. Zamora. 2023. Decapod crustaceans from the Lower Cretaceous of Spain, with an account of new occurrences in Barremian-Aptian strata of the Maestrazgo Basin. Cretaceous Research 150(105576.)

Belongs to Cretacocarcinus according to A. García-Penas et al. 2023

Sister taxon: Cretacocarcinus smithi

Type specimen: MPZ2022/612, a claw

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Cretacocarcinus fortis in the database

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