Cyclocorystes vulgatus Quayle and Collins 1981

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Tumidocarcinidae

Alternative combination: Lobonotus vulgatus

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 Cyclocorystes according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010

See also Quayle and Collins 1981 and Schweitzer et al. 2002

Sister taxa: Cyclocorystes aldersoni, Cyclocorystes pulchellus

Type specimen: BMNH In.61722, 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.

Distribution:

• Eocene of the United Kingdom (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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