Retropluma laurentae Collins et al. 2003 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Retroplumidae

Full reference: J. S. H. Collins, C. Lee, and J. Noad. 2003. Miocene and Pleistocene Crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda) from Sabah and Sarawak. Journal of Systematic Palaentology 1:187-226

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

See also Collins et al. 2003

Sister taxa: Retropluma borealis, Retropluma craverii, Retropluma eocenica, Retropluma gallica

Type specimen: Its type locality is Locality 259, Airport road, Sandakan, which is in a Tortonian offshore siliciclastic in the Sandakan Formation of Malaysia

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Malaysia (5 collections)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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