Malacostraca - Decapoda - Retroplumidae
Full reference: F. J. Vega and R. M. Feldmann. 1992. Occurrence of Costacopluma (Decapoda: Brachyura: Retroplumidae) in the Maastrichtian of southern Mexico and its paleobiogeographic implications. Annals of the Carnegie Museum 61(2):133-152
Belongs to Costacopluma according to J. Luque et al. 2017
See also Fraaije et al. 2006, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Vega and Feldmann 1992
Sister taxa: Costacopluma australis, Costacopluma bifida, Costacopluma binodosa, Costacopluma concava, Costacopluma grayi, Costacopluma maroccana, Costacopluma mexicana, Costacopluma nordestina, Costacopluma salamanca, Costacopluma senegalensis, Costacopluma squiresi, Costacopluma texana
Type specimen: Its type locality is IGM-2448, Temalac, which is in a Maastrichtian marine siltstone in the Mexcala Formation of Mexico
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Mexico (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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