Homolopsis Bell 1863 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Homolidae

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

Parent taxon: Homolidae according to R. M. Feldmann et al. 2012

See also Glaessner 1980, Larghi 2004, Luque et al. 2017, Rathbun 1926, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Antarctomithrax, Ariecornibus, Cretalamoha, Dagnaudus, Doerflesia, Homola, Homolochunia, Homologenus, Homolomannia, Hoplitocarcinus, Lamoha, Latheticocarcinus, Latreillopsis, Lignihomola, Londinimola, Moloha, Navarrahomola, Nogarhomola, Paromola, Paromolopsis, Prohomola, Yaldwynopsis, Zygastrocarcinus

Subtaxa: Homolopsis chilensis Homolopsis edwardsii Homolopsis gibbosa Homolopsis glabra Homolopsis hachiyai Homolopsis japonicus Homolopsis spinulosa Homolopsis tuberculata Homolopsis williamsi

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Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Japan (1 collection)

• Paleocene of Denmark (1)

• Cretaceous of Australia (1), France (2), Japan (1), Lebanon (1), Switzerland (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (1: Colorado)

Total: 11 collections including 12 occurrences

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