Petrochirus taylori Rathbun 1935 (hermit crab)

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

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