Malacostraca - Decapoda - Retroplumidae
Full reference: M. J. Rathbun. 1908. Descriptions of fossil crabs from California. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 35:341-349
Belongs to Archaeopus according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Collins and Morris 1975, Rathbun 1908, Rathbun 1926, Schweitzer et al. 2002, Schweitzer and Feldmann 2002 and Schweitzer et al. 2003
Sister taxa: Archaeopus bicornutus, Archaeopus diabolus, Archaeopus ezoensis, Archaeopus lunicarinus, Archaeopus mexicanus, Archaeopus rathbunae, Archaeopus rostratus, Archaeopus schenki, Archaeopus vancouverensis
Type specimen: USNM 31069, a carapace. Its type locality is Locality 27, Bolsa Point, which is in a Campanian coastal sandstone in the Pigeon Point Formation of California.
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (3: California collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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