Prehepatus cretaceus Rathbun 1935 (crab)

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

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