Malacostraca - Decapoda - Longusorbiidae
Full reference: C. E. Schweitzer, R. M. Feldmann, G. Gonzalez-Barba and V. Cosovic. 2007. Decapod crustaceans (Brachyura) from the Eocene Tepetate Formation, Baja California Sur, Mexico. Annals of Carnegie Museum 76(1):1-14
Belongs to Longusorbis according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Karasawa et al. 2008, Luque et al. 2017 and Schweitzer et al. 2007
Sister taxa: Longusorbis cuniculosus, Longusorbis quadratus
Type specimen: MMHN-UABCS/Te8/68-413, a carapace. Its type locality is Tepetate Waypoint 39, which is in an Eocene offshore sandstone in the Bateque Formation of Mexico.
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Tepetate Waypoint 39
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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