†Nephropsis larryi Zollinger and Schweitzer 2026 (clawed lobster)
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Malacostraca - Decapoda - Nephropidae
Full reference: N. Zollinger and C. E. Schweitzer. 2026. A new species of Nephropsis (Decapoda: Nephropidae) from the Late Oligocene of the Lincoln Creek Formation. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 53(1):65-75
Belongs to Nephropsis according to N. Zollinger and C. E. Schweitzer 2026
Sister taxa: Nephropsis acanthura, Nephropsis holthuisi, Nephropsis macphersoin, Nephropsis midwayensis, Nephropsis serrata, Nephropsis stewarti, Nephropsis suhmi
Type specimen: USNM PAL 804226, an exoskeleton
Ecology: infaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at LACMIP 5843 - Knappton [Lincoln Creek Fm] (Oligocene of Washington)
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