Malacostraca - Decapoda - Retroplumidae
Full reference: C. E. Schweitzer, R. M. Feldmann, J. Fam, W. A. Hessin, S. W. Hetrick, T. G. Nyborg, and R. L. M. Ross. 2003. Cretaceous and Eocene Decapod Crustaceans from Southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia Canada. NRC Research Press 1-66
Belongs to Archaeopus according to J. W. Haggart and R. Graham 2018
See also Schweitzer et al. 2003 and Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Archaeopus antennatus, Archaeopus bicornutus, Archaeopus diabolus, Archaeopus ezoensis, Archaeopus lunicarinus, Archaeopus mexicanus, Archaeopus rathbunae, Archaeopus schenki, Archaeopus vancouverensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Chemainus, which is in a Santonian marine mudstone in the Haslam Formation of Canada
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (3: British Columbia collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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