Longusorbis Richards 1975 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Longusorbiidae

Full reference: B. C. Richards. 1975. Longusorbis cuniculosus: A New Genus and Species of Upper Cretaceous Crab; with Comments on Spray Formation at Shelter Point, Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 12(11):1850-1863

Parent taxon: Longusorbiidae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2021

See also Karasawa et al. 2008, Luque et al. 2017, Richards 1975, Schweitzer et al. 2003, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxon: Binkhorstia

Subtaxa: Longusorbis cuniculosus Longusorbis eutychius Longusorbis quadratus

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Type: Longusorbis cuniculosus

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Mexico (1 collection)

• Cretaceous of Canada (2: British Columbia), Mexico (1)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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