Malacostraca - Decapoda - Zanthopsidae
Full reference: W. C. Blow and R. B. Manning. 1997. A new genus, Martinetta, and two new species of xanthoid crabs from the middle Eocene Santee Limestone of South Carolina. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 30:171-180
Parent taxon: Zanthopsidae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2018
See also Blow and Manning 1997, Karasawa and Schweitzer 2006 and Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Amekicarcinus, Fredericia, Harpactocarcinus, Harpactoxanthopsis, Lovaracarcinus, Neozanthopsis, Zanthopsis
Subtaxa: Martinetta palmeri
Type: Martinetta palmeri
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (4: South Carolina collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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