Malacostraca - Decapoda - Erymidae
Full reference: M. J. Rathbun. 1923. Decapod Crustaceans from the Upper Cretaceous of North Carolina. North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey 5:403-408
Belongs to Eryma according to J. Devillez and S. Charbonnier 2017
Sister taxa: Eryma affinis, Eryma amalthei, Eryma americana, Eryma anisodactylum, Eryma antiquum, Eryma australe, Eryma babeaui, Eryma birdi, Eryma boloniensis, Eryma bordenensis, Eryma caraboeufi, Eryma compressum, Eryma corallinum, Eryma crassimanum, Eryma cretaceum, Eryma cumonti, Eryma dutertrei, Eryma flecta, Eryma flectum, Eryma fossatum, Eryma georgei, Eryma glaessneri, Eryma gracilimanum, Eryma hoerstgenensis, Eryma jungostrix, Eryma lafayi, Eryma lerasi, Eryma leucodermum, Eryma madagascariensis, Eryma major, Eryma mandelslohi, Eryma modestiforme, Eryma modestiformis, Eryma mosquensis, Eryma nippon, Eryma ollerenshawi, Eryma ornatum, Eryma osciensis, Eryma pulchellum, Eryma punctatum, Eryma quadriverrucatum, Eryma quenstedti, Eryma radiatum, Eryma rinellincolum, Eryma romani, Eryma sinemurianum, Eryma squalidum, Eryma stantoni, Eryma strambergensis, Eryma stricklandi, Eryma sulcatum, Eryma veltheimii, Eryma ventrosum, Eryma vocontii, Galicia westphali, Galicia veltheimi, Erymastacus hoerstgenensis, Erymastacus ornatus
Type specimen: USNM 31899, a claw. Its type locality is USGS 4137, Neuse River, 34 2/3 mi above New Bern, which is in a Maastrichtian marine horizon in the Peedee Formation of North Carolina.
Ecology: infaunal carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Eryma americanum in the database
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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