Palaeopentacheles starri Schweitzer and Feldmann 2001 (decapod)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Palaeopentachelidae

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 Palaeopentacheles according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010

See also Schweitzer and Feldmann 2001

Sister taxon: Palaeopentacheles roettenbacheri

Type specimen: USNM 512162. Its type locality is Shipwreck Point, LACMIP 8233, which is in an Oligocene deep-water limestone in the Makah Formation of Washington.

Ecology: infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of United States (1: Washington collection)

• Eocene of United States (1: Washington)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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