†Kowaicarcinus maxwellae Feldmann et al. 2008 (crab)
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Malacostraca - Decapoda - Goneplacidae
Full reference: R. M. Feldmann, C. E. Schweitzer, P. A. Maxwell and B. M. Kelley. 2008. Fossil isopod and decapod crustaceans from the Kowai Formation (Pliocene) near Makikihi, South Canterbury, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 51:43-58
Belongs to Kowaicarcinus according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2022
See also Feldmann et al. 2008 and Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: CM1998.171.16, a cephalothorax. Its type locality is Makikihi River, which is in a Piacenzian marine sandstone in the Kowai Formation of New Zealand.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Makikihi River
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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