Typilobus belli Quayle and Collins 1981 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda

Full reference: W. J. Quayle and J. S. H. Collins. 1981. New Eocene crabs from the Hampshire Basin. Palaeontology 24(4):733-758

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

See also Quayle and Collins 1981

Sister taxa: Typilobus alponensis, Typilobus birshteinyi, Typilobus corrodatus, Typilobus granulosus, Typilobus johnfeni, Typilobus kishimotoi, Typilobus marginatus, Typilobus modregoi, Typilobus moralejai, Typilobus obscurus, Typilobus prevostianus, Typilobus sadeki, Typilobus semseyanus, Typilobus trispinosus, Typilobus unispinatus

Type specimen: BMNH In.61707, a carapace. Its type locality is Horizon A2, Christchurch Bay, which is in a Bartonian coastal claystone in the Barton Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of the United Kingdom (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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