Trechmannius Collins and Donovan 2006 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Goniodromitidae

Full reference: J. S. H. Collins and S. K. Donovan. 2006. New decapod crustaceans from the Palaeogene of Jamaica. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 33:59-65

Parent taxon: Goniodromitidae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2012

See also Collins and Donovan 2006, Luque et al. 2017 and Schweitzer et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Biohermia, Cycloprosopon, Cyclothyreus, Distefania, Eodromites, Goniodromites, Maurimia, Microcorystes, Navarradromites, Palaeodromites, Paradistefania, Pithonoton, Plagiophthalmus, Sabellidromites, Trachynotocarcinus

Subtaxa: Trechmannius circularis

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Type: Trechmannius circularis

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Fellowship, parish of Portland (Paleocene of Jamaica)

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