Malacostraca - Decapoda - Trichopeltariidae
Full reference: C. E. Schweitzer and E. W. Salva. 2000. First recognition of the Cheiragonidae (Decapoda) in the fossil record and comparison of the family with Atelecyclidae. Journal of Crustacean Biology 20(2):285-298
Belongs to Trichopeltarion according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Schweitzer and Salva 2000
Sister taxa: Trichopeltarion berglundorum, Trichopeltarion decorus, Trichopeltarion frassinetti, Trichopeltarion greggi, Trichopeltarion huziokai, Trichopeltarion inflatus, Trichopeltarion levis, Trichopeltarion merrinae, Trachycarcinus coralinus
Type specimen: USNM 501779, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is RB53, which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian marine horizon in the Astoria Formation of Washington.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene 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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