Malacostraca - Decapoda - Orithopsidae
Full reference: J. S. H. Collins and R. Smith. 1993. Ypresian (Lower Eocene) crabs (Decapoda, Crustacea) from Belgium. Bulletin De L'Insitut Royal Des Sciences Naturelles De Belgique (63)260-271
Belongs to Silvacarcinus according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2018
See also Collins and Smith 1993, Karasawa et al. 2014, Schweitzer et al. 2010, Schweitzer et al. 2016 and van Bakel et al. 2012
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: IRScNB-TCCI 6115. Its type locality is Football Stadium entrance, Avenue du Globe, Forest (Brussels), which is in a Ypresian coastal sandstone in the Mons-en-Pevele Sands Formation of Belgium.
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Belgium (1 collection)
• Paleogene of Belgium (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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