Dioratiopus dawsonensis G. A. Bishop 1973 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Longodromitidae

Alternative combination: Homolopsis dawsonensis

Full reference: G. A. Bishop. 1973. Homolopsis dawsonensis: a new crab (Crustacea, Decapoda) fromthe Pierre Shale (Upper Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) of Cedar Creek Anticline, easternMontana. Journal of Paleontology 47(1):19-20

Belongs to Dioratiopus according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010

See also G. A. Bishop 1973 and Schweitzer and Feldmann 2011

Sister taxa: Dioratiopus angusta, Dioratiopus depressa, Dioratiopus hearttailensis, Dioratiopus latteri, Dioratiopus primitivus, Dioratiopus salebrosus, Dioratiopus scotti, Dioratiopus spinosa

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at 12 miles southwest of Glendive (Cretaceous of Montana)

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