Malacostraca - Decapoda - Carpiliidae
Full reference: M. J. Rathbun. 1929. A new crab from the Eocene of Florida. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 75:1-4
Belongs to Ocalina according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Luque et al. 2017, Rathbun 1929, Rathbun 1935 and Schweitzer 2003
Sister taxa: Ocalina delicata, Ocalina haldixoni, Ocalina straeleni, Ocalina sublevis
Type specimen: USNM 370956, a carapace. Its type locality is Florida Lime quarry, SW city limits of Ocala, which is in a Priabonian carbonate limestone in the Ocala Formation of Florida.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (9: Florida collections)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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