Malacostraca - Decapoda - Zanthopsidae
Parent taxon: Zanthopsidae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2018
See also Beschin et al. 2013, Karasawa and Schweitzer 2006, Rathbun 1935, Schweitzer 2003, Schweitzer et al. 2010, Sepkoski 2002, Stenzel 1934 and Stenzel 1935
Sister taxa: Amekicarcinus, Fredericia, Harpactoxanthopsis, Lovaracarcinus, Martinetta, Neozanthopsis, Zanthopsis
Subtaxa: Harpactocarcinus americanus Harpactocarcinus dalmatius Harpactocarcinus fedrigoi Harpactocarcinus istriensis Harpactocarcinus jacquoti Harpactocarcinus macrodactylus Harpactocarcinus miocenicus Harpactocarcinus mississippiensis Harpactocarcinus multidentatus Harpactocarcinus ovalis Harpactocarcinus punctulatus Harpactocarcinus rathbunae Harpactocarcinus rotundatus Harpactocarcinus souverbiei Harpactocarcinus spinosus Harpactocarcinus tumidus Harpactocarcinus valrovinensis Harpactocarcinus wilkeningi Harpactocarcinus yozgatensis
Type: Cancer punctulatus
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Iran (1 collection)
• Oligocene of New Zealand (1)
• Eocene of Croatia (1), Germany (2), Hungary (1), Italy (4), Mexico (1), Spain (3), Türkiye (1), United States (8: Mississippi, Texas)
• Cretaceous of Mexico (1)
Total: 24 collections including 29 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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