Malacostraca - Decapoda - Orithopsidae
Parent taxon: Orithopsidae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2018
See also Collins 2002, Karasawa et al. 2014, Schweitzer et al. 2003, Schweitzer et al. 2010, Schweitzer et al. 2016 and van Bakel et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Aetocarcinus, Anoplocarcinus, Bellcarcinus, Cherpiocarcinus, Chronocancer, Colombicarcinus, Cristella, Marycarcinus, Paradoxicarcinus, Paradoxilissopsa, Planocarcinus, Shazella, Silvacarcinus, Texicancer
Subtaxa: Orithopsis angelicus Orithopsis bonneyi Orithopsis isericus Orithopsis siouxensis Orithopsis tricarinata Orithopsis tricarinatus
Type: Orithopsis bonneyi
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Czechia (2 collections), the Netherlands (2), the United Kingdom (2), United States (2: North Dakota, Oregon)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.