Malacostraca - Decapoda - Annuntidiogenidae
Full reference: W. C. Blow and R. B. Manning. 1996. Preliminary descriptions of 25 new decapod crustaceans from the middle Eocene of the Carolinas, U.S.A. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 29:1-26
Belongs to Paguristes according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Blow and Manning 1996
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 santamartaensis, Paguristes squamosus, Paguristes subaequalis, Paguristes sulcatus, Paguristes tuberculatus, Paguristes vallionensis, Paguristes whitteni
Type specimen: USNM 484527, a set of appendages (propodus). Its type locality is USGS 26874, Lanier Pit, which is in a Bartonian carbonate limestone in the Castle Hayne Formation of North Carolina.
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: North Carolina, South Carolina collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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