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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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