Malacostraca - Decapoda - Necrocarcinidae
Full reference: M. J. Rathbun. 1917. New species of South Dakota Cretaceous crabs. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 52(2182):385-391
Belongs to Necrocarcinus according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Necrocarcinus bodrakensis, Necrocarcinus gorbenkoi, Necrocarcinus hodgesi, Necrocarcinus inornatus, Necrocarcinus labeschii, Necrocarcinus mariae, Necrocarcinus minutus, Necrocarcinus oklahomensis, Necrocarcinus pawpawensis, Necrocarcinus rathbunae, Necrocarcinus senonensis, Necrocarcinus tauricus, Necrocarcinus undecimtuberculatus
Type specimen: USNM 32057, a carapace. Its type locality is Eastern Corson County, which is in a Maastrichtian marine shale in the Pierre Shale Formation of South Dakota.
Ecology: semi-infaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (3: New Jersey, South Dakota collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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