Malacostraca - Decapoda - Zanthopsidae
Full reference: H. B. Stenzel. 1934. Decapod Crustaceans from the Middle Eocene of Texas. Journal of Paleontology 8(1):38-56
Belongs to Harpactocarcinus according to H. B. Stenzel 1934
See also Rathbun 1935, Schweitzer 2003 and Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Harpactocarcinus almeraedup, Harpactocarcinus americanus, Harpactocarcinus dalmatius, Harpactocarcinus fedrigoi, Harpactocarcinus istriensis, Harpactocarcinus jacquoti, Harpactocarcinus macrodactylus, Harpactocarcinus miocenicus, Harpactocarcinus mississippiensis, Harpactocarcinus multidentatus, Harpactocarcinus ovalis, Harpactocarcinus punctulatus, Harpactocarcinus rotundatus, Harpactocarcinus souverbiei, Harpactocarcinus spinosus, Harpactocarcinus tumidus, Harpactocarcinus valrovinensis, Harpactocarcinus wilkeningi, Harpactocarcinus yozgatensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Little Brazos River, which is in an Eocene marine horizon in the Cook Mountain Formation of Texas
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Little Brazos River
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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