†Cristipluma mississippiensis Bishop 1983 (crab)
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Malacostraca - Decapoda - Retroplumidae
Full reference: G. A. Bishop. 1983. Fossil Decapod Crustacea from the Late Cretaceous Coon Creek Formation, Union County, Mississippi. Journal of Crustacean Biology 3(3):417-430
Belongs to Cristipluma according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Bishop 1983
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: GSCM 1685. Its type locality is GAB37, Blue Springs Locality, which is in a Maastrichtian coastal mudstone in the Coon Creek Formation of Mississippi.
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (2: Mississippi, mississippi collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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