Crustaceans

[Last updated 2 Feb 2024]

Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Palaeocorystidae

Ferroranina dichrous

(Notopocorystes dichrous)
Strata: Eagle Ford (Britton sh.)
Period: Cretaceous
Loc: Denton Co., TX.
27 June 2009.

Ferroranina dichrous

(Notopocorystes dichrous)
Strata: Eagle Ford (Britton sh.)
Period: Cretaceous
Loc: Denton Co., TX.
10 Nov 2011.

Ferroranina dichrous

(Notopocorystes dichrous)
Strata: Eagle Ford (Britton sh.)
Period: Cretaceous
Loc: Denton Co., TX.
10 Nov 2011.

Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Cenomnocarcinidae

Cenomanocarcinus renfroae

(Necrocarcinus renfroae)
Strata: Pawpaw Sh.
Period: Cretaceous
Loc: Tarrant Co., TX.
21 Sep 2008.

Necrocarcinus sp.

(Necrocarcinus)
Strata: Pawpaw Sh.
Period: Cretaceous
Loc: Tarrant Co., TX.
17 Feb 2019.

Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Feldmanniidae

Genus: Caloxanthus
Caloxanthus americanus (1 cm wide) Strata: Grayson Period: Cretaceous Loc: Tarrant Co., TX. 28 April 2013.	Caloxanthus americanus claws Strata: Weno Period: Cretaceous Loc: Tarrant Co., TX. 24 June 2012.

Genus: Feldmannia
Feldmannia wintoni Strata: Pawpaw Sh. Period: Cretaceous Loc: Tarrant Co., TX. 13 Sep 2014.	Feldmannia wintoni Strata: Pawpaw Sh. Period: Cretaceous Loc: Tarrant Co., TX. 14 Nov 2008.

Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
(unknown)

original pattern? Strata: Pawpaw Sh. Period: Cretaceous Loc: Denton Co., TX. 16 Sep 2007.	original pattern? Strata: Pawpaw Sh. Period: Cretaceous Loc: Denton Co., TX. 14 March 2021
crustacean claws Strata: Pawpaw Sh. Period: Cretaceous Loc: Tarrant Co., TX. 2007.	crustacean claws Strata: Pawpaw Sh. Period: Cretaceous Loc: Tarrant Co., TX. 3 Nov 2007.
crustacean claws Strata: Pawpaw Sh. Period: Cretaceous Loc: Tarrant Co., TX. 28 March 2021.	A crustacean claw Strata: Grayson Sh. Period: Cretaceous Loc: Tarrant Co., TX. 11 Aug 2007.
crustacean claw Strata: Pawpaw Sh. Period: Cretaceous Loc: Tarrant Co., TX. 14 Nov 2008.	unknown crustacean Strata: Goodland Ls. Period: Cretaceous Loc: Tarrant Co., TX. 12 Jul 2008.
unknown Strata: Pawpaw Period: Cretaceous Loc: Tarrant Co., TX. 22 May 2017.	unknown Strata: Pawpaw Period: Cretaceous Loc: Tarrant Co., TX. 22 May 2017.

Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Nephropidae
Genus: Nephrops

Nephrops americanus [claw part] Strata: Pawpaw Sh. Period: Cretaceous Loc: Tarrant Co., TX. 4 July 2008.	Nephrops americanus [claw part] Strata: Pawpaw Sh. Period: Cretaceous Loc: Tarrant Co., TX. 7 July 7 2007.	Nephrops americanus [claw part] Strata: Pawpaw Sh. Period: Cretaceous Loc: Tarrant Co., TX. 13 Sep 2014.
Nephrops americanus [movable finger] Strata: Pawpaw Sh. Period: Cretaceous Loc: Tarrant Co., TX. 2007.

Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Palinuridae
Genus: Linuparus

Linuparus sp. and other lobster parts.
Linuparus sp. lobster Strata: Eagle Ford (Britton sh.) Period: Cretaceous Loc: Denton Co., TX. 7 Apr 2007.	Linuparus sp. lobster Strata: Pawpaw Sh. Period: Cretaceous Loc: Denton Co., TX. 25 March 2007.
unknown lobster tail Strata: Pawpaw Sh. Period: Cretaceous Loc: Denton Co., TX. 20 Sep 2021.	Linuparus sp. lobster Strata: Pawpaw Sh. Period: Cretaceous Loc: Denton Co., TX. 20 Sep 2021.
possible Linuparis?? Strata: Pawpaw Sh. Period: Cretaceous Loc: Denton Co., TX. 31 March 2019.	Unknown lobster?? Strata: Pawpaw Sh. Period: Cretaceous Loc: Denton Co., TX. 31 March 2019.
obster body Strata: Pawpaw Sh. Period: Cretaceous Loc: Tarrant Co., TX. 13 Sep 2014.	lobster tail Strata: Pawpaw Sh. Period: Cretaceous Loc: Tarrant Co., TX. 2007.

Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Etyidae
Genus: Steorrosia

The crabs below previously assigned to the genus Xanthosia have been reassigned to the genus Steorrosia. Many "Xanthosia pawpawensis" fossils seem to be only internal molds of the carapace.
Steorrosia reidi ? Strata: Pawpaw Sh. Period: Cretaceous Loc: Denton Co., TX. 11 Jan 2021	Steorrosia reidi ? (formerly Xanthosia) Strata: Pawpaw Sh. Period: Cretaceous Loc: Denton Co., TX. 13 Dec 2008.
Steorrosia aspera (formerly Xanthosia) Strata: Pawpaw Sh. Period: Cretaceous Loc: Tarrant Co., TX. Robert Reid coll.	Steorrosia aspera ? (formerly Xanthosia) [tubercles worn off] Strata: Pawpaw Sh. Period: Cretaceous Loc: Tarrant Co., TX. 14 Nov 2008 by Roz M.
Steorrosia pawpawensis (formerly Xanthosia) Strata: Pawpaw Sh. Period: Cretaceous Loc: Tarrant Co., TX. 2007.	Steorrosia pawpawensis (formerly Xanthosia) Strata: Pawpaw Sh. Period: Cretaceous Loc: Tarrant Co., TX. 2007.