†Paraeuphylax cubaensis Varela and Schweitzer 2011 (swimming crab)
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Malacostraca - Decapoda - Portunidae
Full reference: C. Varela and C. E. Schweitzer. 2011. New genus and new species of Portunidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Decapoda, Brachyura) from the Colon Formation, Cuba. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 37:13-16
Belongs to Paraeuphylax according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2021
See also Luque et al. 2017 and Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MNHNCu-93.002395, a carapace. Its type locality is Jaguey Grande quarry J-4, which is in an Oligocene/Miocene platform/shelf-margin reef limestone in the Colón Formation of Cuba.
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Jaguey Grande quarry J-4
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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