Malacostraca - Decapoda - Paguridae
Full reference: K. N. Whetstone and J. S. H. Collins. 1982. Fossil Crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda) from the Upper Cretaceous Eutaw Formation of Alabama. Journal of Paleontology 56(5):1218-1222
Belongs to Pagurus according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Whetstone and Collins 1982
Sister taxa: Pagurus alabamensis, Pagurus alatoides, Pagurus avellanedae, Pagurus banderensis, Pagurus bernhardus, Pagurus brevidactylus, Pagurus concavus, Pagurus constans, Pagurus dubius, Pagurus faujasii, Pagurus granosimanus, Pagurus langei, Pagurus latidactylus, Pagurus mainensis, Pagurus malloryi, Pagurus manzonii, Pagurus marceti, Pagurus marini, Pagurus megalops, Pagurus pectinatus, Pagurus pollicaris, Pagurus pubescens, Pagurus rakosensis, Pagurus samuelis, Pagurus similis, Pagurus sinuatus, Pagurus squamosus, Pagurus travisensis, Pagurus tuberculosus, Pagurus turcus, Pagurus valdagnensis, Eupagurus granosimanus
Type specimen: BM(NH) In. #61682, a claw (right chela). Its type locality is Montgomery County decapods, which is in a Coniacian/Santonian paralic sandstone in the Eutaw Formation of Alabama.
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution: found only at Montgomery County decapods
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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