Malacostraca - Decapoda - Menippidae
Parent taxon: Menippidae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2020
See also Dana 1851, Feldmann and Keys 1992, Glaessner 1960, Karasawa and Schweitzer 2006, Rathbun 1935, Schweitzer 2005, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxon: Pseudocarcinus
Subtaxa: Menippe brevimanus Menippe burnsi Menippe cretacea Menippe floridana Menippe frescoensis Menippe jacksonensis Menippe mercenaria Menippe nodifrons Menippe oceanica Menippe rumphii
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Panama (1 collection), United States (2: Florida, South Carolina)
• Pliocene of Fiji (2), United States (1: Florida)
• Miocene of Fiji (2), New Zealand (1), United States (5: Florida)
• Eocene of United States (8: Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina)
• Cretaceous of United States (3: Alabama, Mississippi, Texas)
Total: 25 collections including 27 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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