Vespridromites hearttailensis Bishop 1985 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Longodromitidae

Full reference: G. A. Bishop. 1985. Fossil Decapod Crustaceans from the Gammon Ferruginous Member, Pierre Shale (Early Campanian), Black Hills, South Dakota. Journal of Paleontology 59(3):605-624

Belongs to Vespridromites according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2012

Sister taxa: Vespridromites dawsonensis, Vespridromites scotti

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Vespridromites hearttailensis in the database

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.