Malacostraca - Decapoda - Retroplumidae
Full reference: J. S. H. Collins and S. F. Morris. 1975. A new crab, Costacopluma concava from the Upper Cretaceous of Nigeria. Palaeontology 18(4):823-829
Belongs to Costacopluma according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Collins and Morris 1975
Sister taxa: Costacopluma australis, Costacopluma bifida, Costacopluma binodosa, Costacopluma bishopi, Costacopluma grayi, Costacopluma maroccana, Costacopluma mexicana, Costacopluma nordestina, Costacopluma salamanca, Costacopluma senegalensis, Costacopluma squiresi, Costacopluma texana
Type specimen: BM. In. 44642, a carapace (complete carapace). Its type locality is Anofia, Afikpo Division, which is in a Campanian offshore shale in the Nkporo Shale Formation of Nigeria.
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Nigeria (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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