Tetracarcinus Weller 1905 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Dakoticancridae

Synonyms: Parapaguristes Bishop 1986, Seorsus Bishop 1988

Parent taxon: Dakoticancridae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2025

See also Feldmann et al. 2017, Rathbun 1935, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Avitelmessus, Dakoticancer

Subtaxa: Parapaguristes tuberculatus Seorsus millerae Tetracarcinus subquadratus

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Type: Tetracarcinus subquadratus

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Mexico (8 collections), United States (19: Delaware, Mississippi, New Jersey, Texas, Wyoming, mississippi)

Total: 27 collections including 28 occurrences

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