Camarocarcinus Holland and Cvancara 1958 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Camarocarcinidae

Full reference: F. D. Holland and A. M. Cvancara. 1958. Crabs from the Cannonball Formation (Paleocene) of North Dakota. Journal of Paleontology 32:495-505

Parent taxon: Camarocarcinidae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2018

See also Collins and Wienberg Rasmussen 1992, Feldmann et al. 2007, Holland and Cvancara 1958, Karasawa et al. 2014, Schweitzer et al. 2010, Schweitzer et al. 2016, Sepkoski 2002 and van Bakel et al. 2012

Sister taxon: Cretacocarcinus

Subtaxa: Camarocarcinus arnesoni Camarocarcinus obtusus Camarocarcinus quinquetuberculatus

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Type: Camarocarcinus arnesoni

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Paleocene of Denmark (1 collection), Greenland (2), United States (4: North Dakota)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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