Plagiophthalmus collinsi Feldmann et al. 1993 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Goniodromitidae

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 Plagiophthalmus according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010

See also Feldmann et al. 1993

Sister taxa: Plagiophthalmus nitonensis, Plagiophthalmus oviformis

Type specimen: BAS IN.2216. Its type locality is Locality 7, southwest Lachman Crags, which is in a Campanian offshore sandstone in the Santa Marta Formation of Antarctica.

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Plagiophthalmus collinsi in the database

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