Malacostraca - Decapoda - Diogenidae
Full reference: M. J. Rathbun. 1935. Fossil Crustacea of the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain. Geological Society of America Special Paper (2)1-160
Belongs to Petrochirus according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Rathbun 1935
Sister taxa: Petrochirus bahamensis, Petrochirus bouvieri, Petrochirus diogenes, Petrochirus inequalis, Petrochirus mezi, Petrochirus minutus, Petrochirus poscolensis, Petrochirus priscus, Petrochirus savii
Type specimen: Its type locality is About 3 mi SW of Farmersville, which is in a Maastrichtian marine sandstone/marl in the Wolfe City Formation of Texas
Ecology: semi-infaunal detritivore
Distribution: found only at About 3 mi SW of Farmersville
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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