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
Belongs to Icriocarcinus according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2021
See also Bishop 1988, Luque et al. 2017, Schweitzer et al. 2002 and Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: SDSNH 26038. Its type locality is SDNHM Loc. 3162, which is in a Campanian marginal marine /sandstone in the Point Loma Formation of California.
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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