Malacostraca - Decapoda - Diogenidae
Full reference: R. M. Feldmann, D. M. Tshudy, and M. R. A. Thomson. 1993. Late Cretaceous and Paleocene decapod crustaceans from James Ross Basin, Antarctic Peninsula. The Paleontological Society Memoir 28:1-41
Belongs to Paguristes according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Feldmann et al. 1993
Sister taxa: Paguristes aciculus, Paguristes baldoensis, Paguristes brevirostris, Paguristes chipolensis, Paguristes clampensis, Paguristes cserhatensis, Paguristes extentus, Paguristes florae, Paguristes frigoscopulus, Paguristes frontalis, Paguristes hirtus, Paguristes hokoensis, Paguristes johnsoni, Paguristes laurentae, Paguristes lineatuberculatus, Paguristes longisetosus, Paguristes lymanni, Paguristes mexicanus, Paguristes oligotuberculatus, Paguristes ouachitensis, Paguristes paucituberculatus, Paguristes perlatus, Paguristes prealpinus, Paguristes pugil, Paguristes purpureantennatus, Paguristes squamosus, Paguristes subaequalis, Paguristes sulcatus, Paguristes tuberculatus, Paguristes vallionensis, Paguristes wheeleri, Paguristes whitteni
Type specimen: BAS IN.2209. Its type locality is Locality 10, Western San José Pass, which is in a Campanian marine siliciclastic in the Santa Marta Formation of Antarctica.
Ecology: semi-infaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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