Carcineretes Withers 1922 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Carcineretidae

Full reference: T. H. Withers. 1922. On a new Brachyurous Crustacean from the Upper Cretaceous of Jamaica. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9(10):534-541

Parent taxon: Carcineretidae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2021

See also Karasawa and Schweitzer 2006, Karasawa et al. 2008, Luque et al. 2017, Schweitzer et al. 2003, Schweitzer et al. 2010, Sepkoski 2002 and Vega et al. 1995

Sister taxa: Cancrixantho, Mascaranada

Subtaxa: Carcineretes planetarius Carcineretes woolacotti

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Type: Carcineretes woolacotti

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Belize (1 collection), Jamaica (1), Mexico (4)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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