Malacostraca - Decapoda - Macrocheiridae

Full reference: R. Imaizumi. 1965. Miocene Macrocheira from Japan. Researches on Crustacea 2:27-36

Belongs to Macrocheira according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010

See also Imaizumi 1965

Sister taxa: Macrocheira columbiaensis, Macrocheira enoptra, Macrocheira jayi, Macrocheira kaempferi, Macrocheira longirostra, Macrocheira sullivani, Macrocheira teglandi, Macrocheira yabei

Type specimen: IGPS 90010, a claw. Its type locality is IGPS Yt-5, middle stream of Okamami-sawa, which is in a Serravallian marine sandstone in the Ginzan Formation of Japan.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at IGPS Yt-5, middle stream of Okamami-sawa

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