Avitelmessus Rathbun 1923 (crab)

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

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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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