Cenomanocarcinus oklahomensis Rathbun 1935 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Cenomanocarcinidae

Full reference: M. J. Rathbun. 1935. Fossil Crustacea of the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain. Geological Society of America Special Paper (2)1-160

Belongs to Cenomanocarcinus according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Cenomanocarcinus armatus, Cenomanocarcinus beardi, Cenomanocarcinus boedekeri, Cenomanocarcinus cantabricus, Cenomanocarcinus carabus, Cenomanocarcinus cookseyi, Cenomanocarcinus dissimilis, Cenomanocarcinus hierosolymitanus, Cenomanocarcinus inflatus, Cenomanocarcinus multituberculatus, Cenomanocarcinus nammourensis, Cenomanocarcinus renfroae, Cenomanocarcinus robertsi, Cenomanocarcinus simplex, Cenomanocarcinus siouxensis, Cenomanocarcinus tenuicarinatus, Cenomanocarcinus vanstraeleni

Type specimen: Its type locality is Frisco Railroad Bridge (No5710), 2 1/2 mi NW of Blue Springs, which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian marine horizon in the Ripley Formation of Mississippi.

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Bluff on Washita River at Frisco R.R. bridge, left bank

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