Malacostraca - Decapoda - Erymidae
Full reference: M. J. Rathbun. 1935. Fossil Crustacea of the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain. Geological Society of America Special Paper (2)1-160
Belongs to Enoploclytia according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Rathbun 1935
Sister taxa: Enoploclytia (Palaeastacus), Enoploclytia armata, Enoploclytia augustobonae, Enoploclytia collignoni, Enoploclytia edwardsi, Enoploclytia eocenica, Enoploclytia gardnerae, Enoploclytia gigantea, Enoploclytia granulicauda, Enoploclytia imagei, Enoploclytia leachi, Enoploclytia leachii, Enoploclytia minor, Enoploclytia porteri, Enoploclytia salviensis, Enoploclytia sculpta, Enoploclytia seitzi, Enoploclytia sussexiensis, Enoploclytia tenuidigitata, Enoploclytia tepeyacensis, Enoploclytia triglypta, Enoploclytia wenoensis, Enoploclytia wintoni
Type specimen: Its type locality is 3 Stations: 264, 281, and 284, in the vicinity of Prairie Creek, Allenton..., which is in a Maastrichtian marine chalk in the Providence Formation of Alabama
Ecology: infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (1: Alabama collection)
• Cretaceous of Mexico (2), United States (1: Alabama)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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