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
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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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