Malacostraca - Decapoda - Calappidae
Full reference: W. C. Blow and R. B. Manning. 1996. Preliminary descriptions of 25 new decapod crustaceans from the middle Eocene of the Carolinas, U.S.A. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 29:1-26
Belongs to Calappilia according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Blow and Manning 1996, Feldmann et al. 1998 and Rumsey et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Calappilia boehmi, Calappilia bonairensis, Calappilia borneoensis, Calappilia brooksi, Calappilia calculosa, Calappilia chilensis, Calappilia circularis, Calappilia dacica, Calappilia diglypta, Calappilia gableorum, Calappilia gemmata, Calappilia gorodiskii, Calappilia granulosa, Calappilia hondoensis, Calappilia incisa, Calappilia lyrata, Calappilia matzkei, Calappilia maxwelli, Calappilia minuta, Calappilia perlata, Calappilia perreaulti, Calappilia scopuli, Calappilia sexdentata, Calappilia subovata, Calappilia tridentata, Calappilia verrucosa, Calappilia vicetina
Type specimen: USNM 484546, a carapace. Its type locality is USGS 26874, Lanier Pit, which is in a Bartonian carbonate limestone in the Castle Hayne Formation of North Carolina.
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (3: North Carolina collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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