†Ocalina haldixoni Collins and Donovan 2006 (crab)
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Malacostraca - Decapoda - Carpiliidae
Full reference: J. S. H. Collins and S. K. Donovan. 2006. New decapod crustaceans from the Palaeogene of Jamaica. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 33:59-65
Belongs to Ocalina according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Luque et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Ocalina delicata, Ocalina floridana, Ocalina straeleni, Ocalina sublevis
Type specimen: BMNH In. 60530, a carapace. Its type locality is Crab Hill, Port Antonio, which is in a Bartonian/Priabonian carbonate limestone in the Montpelier Formation of Jamaica.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Crab Hill, Port Antonio
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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