Malacostraca - Decapoda - Carcinidae
Full reference: M. J. Rathbun. 1935. Fossil Crustacea of the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain. Geological Society of America Special Paper (2)1-160
Belongs to Ophthalmoplax according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2021
See also Rathbun 1935 and Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Ophthalmoplax andina, Ophthalmoplax brasiliana, Ophthalmoplax comancheensis, Ophthalmoplax minimus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Davis Landing, right bank, Peedee River, which is in a Maastrichtian marine horizon in the Peedee Formation of South Carolina
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (4: Alabama, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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