Silvacarcinus cisuralicus Mychko et al. 2024 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Orithopsidae

Full reference: E. V. Mychko, C. E. Schweitzer, and R. M. Feldmann. 2024. The first report of Silvacarcinus (Crustacea: Brachyura: Orithopsidae) from the Upper Cretaceous of Southern Cis-Urals (Orenburg Oblast, Russia). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 311(2):165-173

Belongs to Silvacarcinus according to E. V. Mychko et al. 2024

Sister taxon: Silvacarcinus laurae

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Izhberda Quarry (Cretaceous of Russian Federation)

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