Malacostraca - Decapoda - Trichopeltariidae
Full reference: C. E. Schweitzer and R. M. Feldmann. 1999. Fossil decapod crustaceans from the late Oligocene to early Miocene Pysht Formation and late Oligocene Quimper Sandstone, Olympic Peninsula, Washington. Annals of Carnegie Museum 68(4):215-273
Belongs to Trichopeltarion according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Schweitzer and Feldmann 1999
Sister taxa: Trichopeltarion decorus, Trichopeltarion frassinetti, Trichopeltarion granulosa, Trichopeltarion greggi, Trichopeltarion huziokai, Trichopeltarion inflatus, Trichopeltarion levis, Trichopeltarion merrinae, Trachycarcinus coralinus
Type specimen: CM 39667, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is RB18, Twin Rivers quarry, which is in a Chattian marine siliciclastic in the Pysht Formation of Washington.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (2: Washington collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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