Malacostraca - Decapoda - Chasmocarcinidae
originally placed under the genus Palaeograpsus and was reassigned to the current genus at a later date.
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 Orthakrolophos according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2022
Sister taxa: Orthakrolophos bartonensis, Orthakrolophos bittneri
Type specimen: BMNH In.61738, a carapace. Its type locality is Lee-on-the-Solent, Elmore Formation, Unit 7, which is in a Lutetian marginal marine claystone/claystone in the Elmore Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Orthakrolophos depressus in the database
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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