Notopocorystes eichhorni Bishop 1983 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Palaeocorystidae

Full reference: G. A. Bishop. 1983. Two new species of crabs, Notopocorystes (Eucorystes) eichhorni and Zygastrocarcinus griesi (Decapoda: Brachyura) from the Bearpaw Shale (Campanian) of north-central Montana. Journal of Paleontology 57(7):900-910

Belongs to Notopocorystes according to G. A. Bishop 1983

Sister taxa: Notopocorystes (Notopocorystes), Notopocorystes bituberculatus, Notopocorystes denisae, Notopocorystes exiguus, Notopocorystes intermedius, Notopocorystes normani, Notopocorystes parvus, Notopocorystes ripleyensis, Notopocorystes stokesi, Notopocorystes xizangensis

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Bitter Creek (Cretaceous of Montana)

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