Malacostraca - Decapoda - Carcinidae
Full reference: C. E. Schweitzer and R. M. Feldmann. 2002. New Eocene decapods (Thalassinidea and Brachyura) from Southern California. Journal of Crustacean Biology 22:938-967
Parent taxon: Polybiinae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2021
See also Feldmann et al. 2018, Karasawa and Schweitzer 2006, Karasawa et al. 2008, Luque et al. 2017, Schweitzer and Feldmann 2002, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Schweitzer et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Archaeogeryon, Bathynectes, Benthochascon, Bericocarcinus, Boschettia, Brusinia, Coeloma, Faksecarcinus, Falsiportunites, Leiocarcinus, Liocarcinus, Lovaroides, Macropipus, Megokkos, Minohellenus, Necora, Olicarcinus, Ophthalmoplax, Parathranites, Polybius, Pororaria, Portufuria, Portunites, Echinolatus, Nectocarcinus, Raymannius, Coenophthalmus
Subtaxa: Maeandricampus americanus Maeandricampus granuliferum Maeandricampus granuliferus Maeandricampus starri Maeandricampus triangulum
Type: Portunites triangulum
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (1: Washington collection)
• Oligocene of New Zealand (1), United States (11: Oregon, Washington)
• Eocene of New Zealand (2)
Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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