Malacostraca - Decapoda - Ctenochelidae
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 Ctenocheles according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Schweitzer and Feldmann 2001
Sister taxa: Ctenocheles anderseni, Ctenocheles balsii, Ctenocheles chattiensis, Ctenocheles collini, Ctenocheles cookei, Ctenocheles cultellus, Ctenocheles fabianii, Ctenocheles falciformis, Ctenocheles inaequidens, Ctenocheles madagascariensis, Ctenocheles maorianus, Ctenocheles ornatus, Ctenocheles pectiniformis, Ctenocheles possagnoensis, Ctenocheles rupeliensis, Ctenocheles secretanae, Ctenocheles sereaensis, Ctenocheles sujakui, Ctenocheles valdellae, Ctenocheles victor
Type specimen: USNM 512164. Its type locality is RB-32, Kydikabbit Point, which is in a Priabonian submarine fan siltstone in the Hoko River Formation of Washington.
Ecology: infaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (3: Oregon, Washington collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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