†family Cenomanocarcinidae Guinot et al. 2008 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Cenomanocarcinidae

Full reference: D. Guinot, F. J. Vega, and B. Van Bakel. 2008. Cenomanocarcinidae n. fam., a new Cretaceous podotreme family (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Raninoidea), with comments on related families. Geodiversitas 30(4):681-719

Parent taxon: Necrocarcinoidea according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2018

See also Guinot et al. 2008, Karasawa et al. 2014, Luque et al. 2017, Schweitzer et al. 2010, Schweitzer et al. 2016, Schweitzer et al. 2016 and van Bakel et al. 2012

Sister taxa: Araripecarcinus, Camarocarcinidae, Necrocarcinidae, Orithopsidae, Paranecrocarcinidae

Subtaxa: Campylostoma Cenomanocarcinus Corazzatocarcinus Hasaracancer

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Type: Cenomanocarcinus

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of the United Kingdom (2 collections)

• Cretaceous of Afghanistan (1), Canada (2: British Columbia), Colombia (6), France (5), Lebanon (3), Mexico (5), Morocco (3), Nigeria (2), Spain (2), United States (16: Delaware, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Wyoming)

Total: 47 collections including 48 occurrences

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