Dromiopsis granulata Collins and Wienberg Rasmussen 1992 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda

Full reference: J. S. H. Collins and H. Wienberg Rasmussen. 1992. Upper Cretaceous - Lower Tertiary crustaceans from West Greenland. Grønlands Geologiske Undersøgelse Bulletin 162:1-46

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

See also Collins and Wienberg Rasmussen 1992

Sister taxa: Dromiopsis aedicula, Dromiopsis americana, Dromiopsis bullamelga, Dromiopsis ceratoi, Dromiopsis depressa, Dromiopsis elegans, Dromiopsis gigas, Dromiopsis humerosus, Dromiopsis laevior, Dromiopsis longitudovata, Dromiopsis mosae, Dromiopsis paleogenicus, Dromiopsis parvula, Dromiopsis paucigranosa, Dromiopsis praelaevior, Dromiopsis pulchellus, Dromiopsis rugosus, Dromiopsis ubaghsi, Dromiopsis vicetinus

Type specimen: MGUH 21.587, a carapace. Its type locality is Oyster-ammonite Conglomerate loc. III, Agatdalen, Nugssuaq, which is in a Maastrichtian offshore shale in Greenland.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Oyster-ammonite Conglomerate loc. III, Agatdalen, Nugssuaq

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