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
Belongs to Minohellenus according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Schweitzer and Feldmann 2002
Sister taxa: Minohellenus araucanus, Minohellenus araucanusdup, Minohellenus chichibuensis, Minohellenus macrocheilus, Minohellenus minoensis, Minohellenus quinquedentatus, Minohellenus sexdentatus, Minohellenus umemotoi
Type specimen: SDSNH 81058. Its type locality is Ocean Ranch, SDMNH 4572, which is in an Uintan marine sandstone in the Santiago Formation of California.
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene 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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