Malacostraca - Decapoda - Ctenochelidae
Full reference: R. Imaizumi. 1957. An interesting crustacean remain, Ctenocheles sujakui n. sp. from the Paleogene of Kyushu, Japan. Transactions and Proceedings of the Paleontological Society of Japan, N.S. 32:299-304
Belongs to Ctenocheles according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Imaizumi 1957 and Karasawa and Fudouji 2000
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 secretanae, Ctenocheles sereaensis, Ctenocheles valdellae, Ctenocheles victor
Type specimen: Its type locality is IGPS Sa-002, 249.6 m depth, well no11, Kogayama coal mines, which is in a Priabonian/Rupelian marine siltstone in the Kishima Formation of Japan.
Ecology: infaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Japan (2 collections)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Japan (2)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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