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
Belongs to Quinquerugatus according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2012
See also Franţescu et al. 2011
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: PI 15222, a carapace. Its type locality is Martin Marietta Berkeley Quarry, Cross Member, which is in a Bartonian shallow subtidal limestone in the Tupelo Bay Formation of South Carolina.
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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