†Avitelmessus Rathbun 1923 (crab)
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Malacostraca - Decapoda - Dakoticancridae
Full reference: M. J. Rathbun. 1923. Decapod Crustaceans from the Upper Cretaceous of North Carolina. North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey 5:403-408
Parent taxon: Dakoticancridae according to R. M. Feldmann et al. 2017
See also Rathbun 1923, Rathbun 1935, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Dakoticancer, Tetracarcinus
Subtaxa: Avitelmessus grapsoideus
Type: Avitelmessus grapsoideus
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (17: Alabama, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee collections)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence
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