Sandomingia yaquiensis Rathbun 1919 (swimming crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Portunidae

Full reference: M. J. Rathbun. 1919. West Indian Tertiary decapod crustaceans. Contributions to the Geology and Paleontology of the West Indies 157-184

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

See also Luque et al. 2017, Rathbun 1919 and Schweitzer et al. 2010

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: ANSP 2257, a carapace. Its type locality is Lower half of Yaqui del Norte River valley, which is in a Miocene/Pliocene marine siliciclastic in the Dominican Republic.

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Costa Rica (1 collection), Panama (1)

• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (2)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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