†Graptocarcinus muiri Stenzel 1944 (crab)
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Malacostraca - Decapoda - Dynomenidae
Full reference: H. B. Stenzel. 1944. A new Cretaceous crab, Graptocarcinus muiri, from Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 18(6):550-552
Belongs to Graptocarcinus according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2012
See also Luque et al. 2017, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Stenzel 1944
Sister taxa: Graptocarcinus bellonii, Graptocarcinus eocenicus, Graptocarcinus maastrichtensis, Graptocarcinus texanus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Choy Cave, which is in an Albian marine limestone in the Taninúl Formation of Mexico
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Mexico (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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