Malacostraca - Decapoda - Glypheidae
Full reference: C. E. Schweitzer and R. M. Feldmann. 2001. New Cretaceous and Tertiary decapod crustaceans from western North America. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 28:173-210
Belongs to Glyphea according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Schweitzer and Feldmann 2001
Sister taxa: Glyphea alexandri, Glyphea arborinsularis, Glyphea bathonica, Glyphea bicarinata, Glyphea bohemica, Glyphea bronnii, Glyphea calloviensis, Glyphea carinata, Glyphea carolinensis, Glyphea carteri, Glyphea christeyi, Glyphea couloni, Glyphea crassa, Glyphea cretacea, Glyphea damesi, Glyphea dressieri, Glyphea eureka, Glyphea ferruginea, Glyphea foresti, Glyphea garasbaaensis, Glyphea georgianus, Glyphea gussmanni, Glyphea hennigi, Glyphea jeletzkyi, Glyphea jurensis, Glyphea liasina, Glyphea lyrica, Glyphea macromuscula, Glyphea magnevillii, Glyphea mazetieri, Glyphea meyeri, Glyphea meyeri, Glyphea muensteri, Glyphea neocomiensis, Glyphea oculata, Glyphea pisuergae, Glyphea prestwichi, Glyphea pseudoscylarus, Glyphea pseudoscyllarus, Glyphea regleyana, Glyphea reticulata, Glyphea riazi, Glyphea rigoi, Glyphea rosenkrantzi, Glyphea serratosai, Glyphea solitaria, Glyphea spinulosa, Glyphea stilwelli, Glyphea stokesi, Glyphea tantalus, Glyphea tenuis, Glyphea tonelloi, Glyphea tricarinata, Glyphea vectensis, Glyphea viohli, Glyphea wiffenae, Glyphea willetti, Glyphea yoshiakii
Type specimen: USNM 512151, a carapace. Its type locality is Pulali Point, Aldwell Formation, which is in an Eocene marine conglomerate/siltstone in the Aldwell Formation of Washington.
Ecology: infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: Washington collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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