Eurytium granulosum Schweitzer et al. 2008 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Panopeidae

Full reference: C. E. Schweitzer, J. Velez-Juarbe, M. Martiniez, A. Hull, R. M. Feldmann and H. Santos. 2008. New Cretaceous and Cenozoic Decapoda (Crustacea: Thalassinidea, Brachyura) from Puerto Rico, United States Territory. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 34:1-15

Belongs to Eurytium according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010

See also Luque et al. 2017 and Schweitzer et al. 2008

Sister taxa: Eurytium crenulatum, Eurytium limosum

Type specimen: UPRMP 2934, a carapace. Its type locality is Ponce Limestone Decapods, which is in a Miocene/Miocene reef, buildup or bioherm grainstone in the Ponce Limestone Formation of Puerto Rico.

Ecology: infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Ponce Limestone Decapods

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