†Astacodes falcifer Bell 1863 (spiny lobster)
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Malacostraca - Decapoda - Palinuridae
Full reference: T. Bell. 1863. A Monograph of the Fossil Malacostracous Crustacea, Part II. Crustacea of the Gault and Greensand. Palaeontographical Society Monograph 14(63):1-40
Belongs to Astacodes according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2015
See also Bell 1863 and Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Astacodes davisi, Astacodes kamptneri, Astacodes maxwelli, Astacodes strambergensis, Astacodes woodwardi
Ecology: infaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Heisterholz, near Petershagen, Nordrhein-Westfalen (Cretaceous of Germany)
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