Malacostraca - Decapoda - Carpiliidae
Full reference: W. C. Blow and R. B. Manning. 1996. Preliminary descriptions of 25 new decapod crustaceans from the middle Eocene of the Carolinas, U.S.A. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 29:1-26
Belongs to Eocarpilius according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Blow and Manning 1996
Sister taxa: Eocarpilius anomalus, Eocarpilius antiquus, Eocarpilius blowi, Eocarpilius lessineus
Type specimen: USNM 484563, a carapace. Its type locality is USGS 26883, Martin Marietta Berkeley quarry, which is in a Lutetian carbonate limestone in the Santee Formation of South Carolina.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (4: North Carolina, South Carolina collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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