Cheramus (decapod)

Malacostraca - Decapoda

Parent taxon: Anomura according to F. J. Vega et al. 1995

See also Manning and Felder 1991 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Aegloidea, Chirostyloidea, Eocarcinoidea, Galatheoidea, Gastrodoroidea, Hippidea, Hippoidea, Kiwaoidea, Lithodoidea, Lomisoidea, Paguridea, Paguroidea, Retrorsichelidae, Venipaguroidea

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Cárdenas (Cretaceous of Mexico)

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