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 C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010

See also Schweitzer et al. 2003

Sister taxa: Archaeopus antennatus, Archaeopus diabolus, Archaeopus ezoensis, Archaeopus lunicarinus, Archaeopus mexicanus, Archaeopus rathbunae, Archaeopus rostratus, Archaeopus schenki, Archaeopus vancouverensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Via Appia Beds, which is in a Ypresian marine mudstone in the Via Appia Beds Formation of Canada

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Via Appia Beds

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