Rhinopoupinia bicornis Feldmann et al. 1993 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Poupiniidae

Full reference: R. M. Feldmann, D. M. Tshudy, and M. R. A. Thomson. 1993. Late Cretaceous and Paleocene decapod crustaceans from James Ross Basin, Antarctic Peninsula. The Paleontological Society Memoir 28:1-41

Belongs to Rhinopoupinia according to R. M. Feldmann et al. 2012

See also Feldmann et al. 1993 and Schweitzer et al. 2010

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: USNM 457696. Its type locality is Locality 20, southwestern Seymour Island, which is in a Maastrichtian marine siliciclastic in the Lopez de Bertodano Formation of Antarctica.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Locality 20, southwestern Seymour Island

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