Parathranites shibatai Karasawa 1990 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Carcinidae

Full reference: H. Karasawa. 1990. Decapod crustaceans from the Miocene Mizunami Group, central Japan. Part 2. Section Oxyrhyncha, Cancridea and Brachyrhyncha. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 17:1-33

Belongs to Parathranites according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2021

See also Karasawa 1993 and Schweitzer et al. 2010

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MFM9032. Its type locality is Yamanouchi, which is in a Burdigalian shallow subtidal siltstone in the Akeyo Formation of Japan.

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Yamanouchi

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