Graptocarcinus Roemer 1887 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Dynomenidae

Parent taxon: Dynomenidae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2012

See also Beschin et al. 2016, Luque et al. 2017, Rathbun 1926, Rathbun 1935, Schweitzer et al. 2003, Schweitzer et al. 2010, Sepkoski 2002 and Stenzel 1944

Sister taxa: Acanthodromia, Cracchidynomene, Dynomeninae, Graptocarcininae, Hirsutodynomene, Metadynomeninae, Paradynomene, Paradynomeninae

Subtaxa: Graptocarcinus bellonii Graptocarcinus eocenicus Graptocarcinus maastrichtensis Graptocarcinus muiri Graptocarcinus texanus

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Type: Graptocarcinus texanus

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of United States (1: Oregon collection)

• Cretaceous of Cuba (2), Italy (2), Mexico (2), the United Kingdom (2), United States (5: Texas)

Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence

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