Persephona bigranulata Rathbun 1926 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Leucosiidae

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 Persephona according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Persephona enigmatica, Persephona invalida, Persephona manningi, Persephona mediterranea, Persephona niemeyeri, Persephona prepunctata, Persephona punctata, Persephona punctatus, Persephona rodesae

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at 1 mi S of Henderson Station (Springfield Junction), Southern Pacific Railroad (Oligocene of Oregon)

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