Malacostraca - Decapoda - Carcinidae
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 Ophthalmoplax according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Collins and Morris 1975 and Rathbun 1935
Sister taxa: Ophthalmoplax andina, Ophthalmoplax brasiliana, Ophthalmoplax minimus, Ophthalmoplax stephensoni
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: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (4: Texas collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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