Malacostraca - Decapoda - Calappidae
Full reference: M. J. Rathbun. 1926. The fossil stalk-eyed Crustacea of the Pacific slope of North America. United States National Museum Bulletin 138:1-155
Belongs to Mursia according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Rathbun 1926 and Schweitzer and Feldmann 2000
Sister taxa: Mursia armata, Mursia aspina, Mursia australiensis, Mursia bekenuensis, Mursia circularis, Mursia creutzbergi, Mursia cristiata, Mursia curtispina, Mursia granulosa, Mursia harnicari, Mursia lienharti, Mursia macdonaldi, Mursia marcusana, Mursia minuta, Mursia obscura, Mursia simplex, Mursia takahashii
Type specimen: Its type locality is RB83, which is in a Burdigalian marine horizon in the Astoria Formation of Oregon
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (1: Oregon collection)
• Oligocene of United States (1: Oregon)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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