Latheticocarcinus shapiroi Bishop 1988 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Homolidae

Full reference: G. A. Bishop. 1988. New fossil crabs, Plagiopthalmus izetti, Latheticocarcinus sharpiroi, and Sagittiformosus carabus (Crustacea, Decapoda), from the western interior Cretaceous, U.S.A. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 101(2):375-381

Belongs to Latheticocarcinus according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010

See also Bishop 1988

Sister taxa: Latheticocarcinus adelphinus, Latheticocarcinus affinis, Latheticocarcinus affinusdup, Latheticocarcinus atlanticus, Latheticocarcinus brevis, Latheticocarcinus brevisdup, Latheticocarcinus brightoni, Latheticocarcinus centurialis, Latheticocarcinus declinatus, Latheticocarcinus dispar, Latheticocarcinus italicus, Latheticocarcinus ludvigseni, Latheticocarcinus pikeae, Latheticocarcinus punctatus, Latheticocarcinus schlueteri, Latheticocarcinus spinigus, Latheticocarcinus transiens, Metahomola atlantica

Type specimen: USNM 418274. Its type locality is AMNH 3157, Grand River, west of Bullhead, which is in a Maastrichtian marine siliciclastic in the Fox Hills Formation of South Dakota.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at AMNH 3157, Grand River, west of Bullhead

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