Dromiopsis mosae Collins et al. 1995 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda

Full reference: J. S. H. Collins, R. H. B. Fraaye, and W.M. Jagt. 1995. Late Cretaceous anomurans and brachyurans from the Maastrichtian type area. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 40(2):165-210

Belongs to Dromiopsis according to N. Robin et al. 2016

See also Collins et al. 1995 and Schweitzer et al. 2010

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

Type specimen: IRSNB T10653. Its type locality is Mont-Saint-Pierre (Bosquet collection), which is in a Maastrichtian carbonate limestone in the Maastricht Formation of the Netherlands.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Paleocene of France (1 collection)

• Cretaceous of the Netherlands (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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