Necronectes tajinensis Vega et al. 1999 (swimming crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Portunidae

Full reference: F. J. Vega, R. M. Feldmann, J. L. Villalobos-Hiriart and R. Gio-Argiez. 1999. A new decapod fauna from the Miocene Tuxpan Formation, eastern Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 73(3):407-413

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

See also Luque et al. 2017, Schweitzer et al. 2002 and Vega et al. 1999

Sister taxa: Necronectes batalleri, Necronectes beaumonti, Necronectes collinsi, Necronectes drydeni, Necronectes iranensis, Necronectes nodosa, Necronectes nodosus, Necronectes proavita, Necronectes proavitus, Necronectes schafferi, Necronectes summus, Necronectes vicksburgensis, Necronectes vidalianus

Type specimen: IGM-7721, a carapace (carapace and right cheliped). Its type locality is Hermenegildo Galeana [Tuxpan Fm], which is in a Miocene marine sandstone in the Tuxpan Formation of Mexico.

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Brazil (2 collections), Mexico (1)

• Neogene of Mexico (1)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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