†Pororaria eocenica Glaessner 1980 (crab)
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Malacostraca - Decapoda - Carcinidae
Full reference: M. F. Glaessner. 1980. New Cretaceous and Tertiary crabs (Crustacea: Brachyura) from Australia and New Zealand. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 104(6):171-192
Belongs to Pororaria according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2021
See also Feldmann and Keys 1992, Feldmann and Maxwell 1990, Glaessner 1980 and Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Its type locality is Porari, GS 10490, which is in an Eocene marine horizon in New Zealand
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of New Zealand (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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