Malacostraca - Decapoda - Retroplumidae
Full reference: M. J. Rathbun. 1908. Descriptions of fossil crabs from California. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 35:341-349
Parent taxon: Retroplumidae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Collins and Morris 1975, Hyžný and Muller 2010, Luque et al. 2017, Rathbun 1908, Rathbun 1926, Schweitzer and Feldmann 2001, Schweitzer et al. 2002, Schweitzer and Feldmann 2002, Schweitzer et al. 2003 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Bathypluma, Costacopluma, Cristipluma, Gaudipluma, Loerenthopluma, Loerenthoplumopsa, Retrocypoda, Retropluma, Serrablopluma
Subtaxa: Archaeopus antennatus Archaeopus bicornutus Archaeopus diabolus Archaeopus ezoensis Archaeopus lunicarinus Archaeopus mexicanus Archaeopus rathbunae Archaeopus rostratus Archaeopus schenki Archaeopus vancouverensis
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Canada (1: British Columbia collection)
• Cretaceous of Canada (5: British Columbia), Japan (6), Mexico (2), United States (4: Alaska, California)
Total: 18 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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