†family Camarocarcinidae Feldmann et al. 2007 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Camarocarcinidae

Full reference: R. M. Feldmann, R.-Y. Li, and C. E. Schweitzer. 2007. A new family, genus, and species of crab (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura) from the upper Cretaceous (Campanian) of Manitoba, Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 44:1741-1752

Parent taxon: Necrocarcinoidea according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2018

See also Karasawa et al. 2014, Schweitzer et al. 2010, Schweitzer et al. 2016 and van Bakel et al. 2012

Sister taxa: Araripecarcinus, Cenomanocarcinidae, Necrocarcinidae, Orithopsidae, Paranecrocarcinidae

Subtaxa: Camarocarcinus Cretacocarcinus

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Type: Camarocarcinus

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Paleocene of Denmark (1 collection), Greenland (1), United States (4: North Dakota)

• Cretaceous of Canada (1: Manitoba)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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