Malacostraca - Decapoda - Ctenochelidae
Full reference: C. E. Schweitzer and R. M. Feldmann. 2002. New Eocene decapods (Thalassinidea and Brachyura) from Southern California. Journal of Crustacean Biology 22:938-967
Belongs to Ctenocheles according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Schweitzer and Feldmann 2002
Sister taxa: Ctenocheles anderseni, Ctenocheles balsii, Ctenocheles chattiensis, Ctenocheles collini, Ctenocheles cookei, Ctenocheles cultellus, Ctenocheles fabianii, Ctenocheles falciformis, Ctenocheles hokoensis, Ctenocheles inaequidens, Ctenocheles madagascariensis, Ctenocheles maorianus, Ctenocheles ornatus, Ctenocheles pectiniformis, Ctenocheles possagnoensis, Ctenocheles rupeliensis, Ctenocheles sereaensis, Ctenocheles sujakui, Ctenocheles valdellae, Ctenocheles victor
Type specimen: SDSNH 81091. Its type locality is Ocean Ranch, which is in an Uintan marine siltstone in the Santiago Formation of California.
Ecology: infaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: California collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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