†Dromidia bedetteae Blow and Manning 1996 (crab)
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Malacostraca - Decapoda - Dromiidae
Full reference: W. C. Blow and R. B. Manning. 1996. Preliminary descriptions of 25 new decapod crustaceans from the middle Eocene of the Carolinas, U.S.A. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 29:1-26
Belongs to Dromidia according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2012
See also Blow and Manning 1996 and Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxon: Dromidia larraburei
Type specimen: USNM 484531, a carapace. Its type locality is USGS 26883, Martin Marietta Berkeley quarry, which is in a Lutetian carbonate limestone in the Santee Formation of South Carolina.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at USGS 26883, Martin Marietta Berkeley quarry
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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