Malacostraca - Decapoda - Cancridae
Alternative combinations: Cancer (Romaleon) urbanus, Cancer urbanus
Full reference: M. J. Rathbun. 1917. Description of a new species of crab from the California Pliocene. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 53(2214):451-452
Belongs to Romaleon according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Nations 1975, Rathbun 1917, Rathbun 1926, Schweitzer and Feldmann 2000 and Schweitzer and Feldmann 2002
Sister taxa: Cancer (Romaleon) wahkiakumensis, Romaleon antennarium, Romaleon branneri, Romaleon dereki, Romaleon franciscae, Romaleon gibbosulum, Romaleon jordani, Romaleon nakagawaensis, Romaleon parspinosus, Romaleon polyodon, Romaleon sakamotoi, Romaleon sanbonsugii
Type specimen: USNM 324300, a carapace. Its type locality is Los Angeles, from foundation of large building, which is in a Pliocene marine claystone in California.
Distribution:
• Pliocene of United States (2: California collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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