Malacostraca - Decapoda - Carcinidae
Full reference: À Ossó-Morales, P. Artal, and F. J. Vega. 2010. New crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda) from the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) of the Moyenne Moulouya, northeast Morocco. Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas 27(2):213-224
Belongs to Ophthalmoplax according to À. Ossó-Morales et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Ophthalmoplax andina, Ophthalmoplax brasiliana, Ophthalmoplax comancheensis, Ophthalmoplax stephensoni
Type specimen: MSGB74546, a carapace. Its type locality is Oued Al Loh, near Merija Tahtania, which is in a Campanian carbonate marl in the Calcaires à slumps de Taghit Formation of Morocco.
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Morocco (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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