Tetracarcinus Weller 1905 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Ibericancridae

Synonyms: Parapaguristes Bishop 1986, Seorsus Bishop 1988

Parent taxon: Ibericancridae according to R. M. Feldmann et al. 2017

See also Rathbun 1935, Schweitzer et al. 2010, Schweitzer et al. 2025 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Ibericancer, Sodakus, Synoriacarcinus, Tropidicarcinus

Subtaxa: Parapaguristes tuberculatus Seorsus millerae Seorsus wadei Tetracarcinus australis Tetracarcinus subquadratus

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Type: Tetracarcinus subquadratus

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Mexico (8 collections), United States (16: Delaware, Mississippi, New Jersey, Texas, Wyoming, mississippi)

Total: 24 collections including 25 occurrences

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