Dakoticancer Rathbun 1917 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Dakoticancridae

Full reference: M. J. Rathbun. 1917. New species of South Dakota Cretaceous crabs. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 52(2182):385-391

Parent taxon: Dakoticancridae according to R. M. Feldmann et al. 2017

See also Luque et al. 2017, Rathbun 1917, Rathbun 1935, Schweitzer et al. 2010, Schweitzer et al. 2025, Sepkoski 2002 and Vega et al. 1995

Sister taxa: Avitelmessus, Tetracarcinus

Subtaxa: Dakoticancer overanus

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Type: Dakoticancer overana

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (14: Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey, South Dakota, Tennessee collections)

Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence

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