Malacostraca - Decapoda - Cancridae
Alternative combination: Cancer (Glebocarcinus) allisoni
Full reference: J. D. Nations. 1975. The genus Cancer (Crustacea: Brachyura): systematics, biogeography and fossil record. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Science Bulletin 23:1-104
Belongs to Cancer according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Nations 1975 and Schweitzer and Feldmann 2000
Sister taxa: Cancer (Cancer), Cancer araneus, Cancer bainbridgensis, Cancer beaumonti, Cancer bellianus, Cancer borealis, Cancer brewerii, Cancer burtini, Cancer carniolicus, Cancer cassivelaunus, Cancer chaneyi, Cancer coosensis, Cancer dorsipes, Cancer durhami, Cancer fissus, Cancer fujinaensis, Cancer gabbi, Cancer garthi, Cancer irroratus, Cancer johngarthi, Cancer maculatus, Cancer marri, Cancer meticurensis, Cancer modestus, Cancer nancei, Cancer pagurus, Cancer parvidens, Cancer pelagicus, Cancer porteri, Cancer proavitus, Cancer productus, Cancer punctulatus, Cancer raninus, Cancer reversus, Cancer rhomboides, Cancer santosi, Cancer solitarius, Cancer spinosusdup, Cancer styriacus, Cancer tomowoi, Cancer tomowoidup, Cancer vancalsteri, Cancer villabersiani, Cancer whitfieldi, Cancer yanceyi, Cancer zahrae, Cancer zameniscus
Type specimen: LACMIP 4434, a claw. Its type locality is LACMIP 449, Playa Tijuana, which is in a Piacenzian marine sandstone in the San Diego Formation of Mexico.
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Mexico (1 collection), United States (1: California)
• Miocene of United States (3: California, Oregon)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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