Notopus minutus Vega et al. 2001 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Raninidae

Full reference: F. J. Vega, T. Cosma, M. A. Coutino, R. M. Feldmann, T. G. Nyborg, C. E. Schweitzer, and D. A. Waugh. 2001. New middle Eocene decapods (Crustacea) from Chiapas, Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 75:929-946

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

See also Karasawa et al. 2014, Luque et al. 2017 and Vega et al. 2001

Sister taxa: Notopus adinae, Notopus dorsipes, Notopus misakiensis

Type specimen: IHNCH-3462. Its type locality is IHN 1005 - Veinte de Noviembre [San Juan Fm], which is in an Eocene coastal marl/sandstone in the San Juan Formation of Mexico.

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Mexico (1 collection)

• Paleogene of Mexico (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.