Linuparus White 1847 (spiny lobster)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Palinuridae

Synonyms: Eolinuparus Mertin 1941, Linuparus (Eolinuparus) Mertin 1941, Linuparus (Podocrates) Becks 1850, Linuparus (Podocratus) Becks 1850, Linuparus (Thenops) Bell 1858, Podocratus Becks 1850, Thenops Bell 1858

Parent taxon: Palinuridae according to J. L. Martínez-Díaz et al. 2017

See also Armstrong et al. 2009, Collins and Wienberg Rasmussen 1992, Feldmann and Bearlin 1988, Feldmann and Keys 1992, Feldmann et al. 2007, Feldmann et al. 2013, Feldmann et al. 1993, Karasawa 1993, Rathbun 1926, Rathbun 1935, Schweitzer et al. 2003, Schweitzer et al. 2010, Schweitzer et al. 2015, Sepkoski 2002 and Woodward 1900

Sister taxa: Archaeocarabus, Archaeopalinurus, Astacodes, Eurycarpus, Jasus, Justitia, Palaeopalinurus, Palinurellus, Palinurina, Palinurus, Panulirus, Parallelogastrus, Phalangites, Projasus, Puerulus, Rugafarius, Yunnanopalinura

Subtaxa: Linuparus (Eolinuparus) vancouverensis Linuparus (Linuparus) Linuparus (Podocrates) spinosus Linuparus (Podocratus) richardsi Linuparus adkinsi Linuparus africanus Linuparus bererensis Linuparus bigranulatus Linuparus canadensis Linuparus carteri Linuparus dentatus Linuparus duelmenensis Linuparus dzheirantuiensis Linuparus eocenicus Linuparus euthymei Linuparus grimmeri Linuparus hantscheli Linuparus japonicus Linuparus keysi Linuparus kleinfelderi Linuparus korura Linuparus laevicephalus Linuparus macellarii Linuparus petkovici Linuparus pustulosus Linuparus qualitus Linuparus richardsi Linuparus schluteri Linuparus scyllariformis Linuparus shacklefordae Linuparus sordidus Linuparus spinosus Linuparus stolleyi Linuparus straili Linuparus tarrantensis Linuparus texanus Linuparus trigonus Linuparus vancouverensis Linuparus watkinsi Linuparus wilcoxensis

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Ecology: infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Japan (1 collection)

• Eocene of New Zealand (1), the United Kingdom (1)

• Paleocene of Antarctica (1), Mexico (1), United States (6: Alabama, Illinois, Texas)

• Paleogene of Belgium (1), Mexico (1)

• Cretaceous of Antarctica (3), Cameroon (1), Canada (8: Alberta, British Columbia), France (1), Greenland (1), Japan (1), Lebanon (1), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (19: Delaware, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, mississippi), Uzbekistan (7)

Total: 57 collections including 61 occurrences

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