Propinnotheroides Bishop and Palmer 2006 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda

Full reference: G. A. Bishop and B. T. Palmer. 2006. A new genus and species of crab from the bryozoan bioherms of the Eocene Santee Limestone, South Carolina, USA. Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geologicas 23(3):334-337

Parent taxon: Pinnotheroidea according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010

See also Bishop and Palmer 2006

Sister taxon: Pinnotheridae

Subtaxa: Propinnotheroides orangeburgensis

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Type: Propinnotheroides orangeburgensis

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Orangeburg, bryozoan bioherm (Eocene of South Carolina)

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