Malacostraca - Decapoda - Macrocheiridae
Parent taxon: Macrocheiridae according to F. A. Ferratges et al. 2023
See also Karasawa 1993, Nyborg et al. 2016, Schweitzer 2001, Schweitzer and Feldmann 1999, Schweitzer et al. 2010, Schweitzer et al. 2020 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Macrocheira columbiaensis Macrocheira ginzanensis Macrocheira jayi Macrocheira kaempferi Macrocheira longirostra Macrocheira sullivani Macrocheira teglandi Macrocheira yabei
Type: Maja kaempferi
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Japan (1 collection)
• Miocene of Japan (2), United States (1: Washington)
• Oligocene of Canada (1: British Colombia), United States (6: Washington)
• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Washington)
• Eocene of Spain (1), United States (2: Oregon, Washington)
Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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