Malacostraca - Decapoda - Aethridae
Alternative combination: Prehepatus cretaceous
Full reference: M. J. Rathbun. 1935. Fossil Crustacea of the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain. Geological Society of America Special Paper (2)1-160
Belongs to Prehepatus according to J. W. M. Jagt et al. 2010
See also Armstrong et al. 2009, Fraaye and Collins 1987, Rathbun 1935 and Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Prehepatus dilksi, Prehepatus harrisi, Prehepatus lenolensis, Prehepatus mexicanus
Type specimen: Its type locality is 2 to 3 mi N of Denison, type-locality of Duck Creek limestone, which is in an Albian marine limestone in the Duck Creek Formation of Texas
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at 2 to 3 mi N of Denison, type-locality of Duck Creek limestone
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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