Dakoticancer overanus Rathbun 1917

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Dakoticancridae

Alternative combination: Dakoticancer overana

Full reference: M. J. Rathbun. 1917. New species of South Dakota Cretaceous crabs. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 52(2182):385-391

Belongs to Dakoticancer according to R. M. Feldmann et al. 2017

See also Bishop 1972, Rathbun 1917 and Rathbun 1935

Sister taxon: Dakoticancer australis

Subtaxa: Dakoticancer overana australis

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Type specimen: USNM 32055, a carapace. Its type locality is Indian Creek, which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian marine shale in the Pierre Shale Formation of South Dakota.

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (10: New Jersey, South Dakota, Tennessee collections)

Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence

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