Malacostraca - Decapoda - Dorippidae
Full reference: A. Garassino, A. De Angeli, L. M. Gallo and G. Pasini. 2004. Brachyuran and anomuran fauna from the Cenozoic of Piedmont (NW Italy). Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano 145(2):251-281
Belongs to Medorippe according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also De Angeli et al. 2009 and Garassino et al. 2004
Sister taxa: Medorippe lanata, Medorippe tanabei
Type specimen: PU 41149, a carapace. Its type locality is Cocconato (Asti), which is in a Messinian carbonate marl in Italy.
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Italy (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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