Malacostraca - Decapoda - Dromiidae
Full reference: A. L. Franţescu, R. M. Feldmann, and C. E. Schweitzer. 2011. A new genus and species of dromiid crab (Decapoda, Brachyura) from the middle Eocene of South Carolina. Studies on Malacostraca: Lipke Bijdeley Holthuis Memorial Volume. Crustaceana Monographs 14:255-267
Parent taxon: Dromiidae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2012
See also Franţescu et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Austrodromidia, Basadromia, Basinotopinae, Costadromia, Cryptodromia, Dromia, Dromidia, Dromidiopsis, Dromiidarum, Dromiinae, Dromilites, Epigodromia, Epipedodromia, Fultodromia, Haledromia, Hypoconchinae, Kerepesia, Kierionopsis, Pseudodromilites, Stimdromia, Tumidodromia
Subtaxa: Quinquerugatus holthuisi
Type: Quinquerugatus holthuisi
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: South Carolina collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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