Ripleycorystes Schweitzer et al. 2019 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Palaeocorystidae

Full reference: C. E. Schweitzer, R. M. Feldmann, G. E. Phillips and A. Armstrong. 2019. Cretaceous Decapoda (Crustacea) from Mississippi, USA. Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie, Anhandlungen 293:145-197

Parent taxon: Palaeocorystidae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2019

Sister taxa: Aguadites, Alessandranina, Cenocorystes, Cretacoranina, Eucorystes, Ferroranina, Joeranina, Notopocorystes, Planocorystes

Subtaxa: Ripleycorystes cardwelli

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Type: Ripleycorystes cardwelli

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Ripleycorystes in the database

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