Malacostraca - Decapoda - Lithophylacidae
Full reference: G. A. Bishop. 1988. New fossil crabs, Plagiopthalmus izetti, Latheticocarcinus sharpiroi, and Sagittiformosus carabus (Crustacea, Decapoda), from the western interior Cretaceous, U.S.A. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 101(2):375-381
Parent taxon: Lithophylacidae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2021
See also Bishop 1988, Karasawa and Schweitzer 2006, Luque et al. 2017, Schweitzer et al. 2002, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Branchiocarcinus, Icriobranchiocarcinus, Lithophylax
Subtaxa: Icriocarcinus xestos
Type: Icriocarcinus xestos
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Mexico (2 collections), United States (1: California)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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