Palaeocarpilius mississippiensis Rathbun 1935 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Carpiliidae

Full reference: M. J. Rathbun. 1935. Fossil Crustacea of the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain. Geological Society of America Special Paper (2)1-160

Belongs to Palaeocarpilius according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Palaeocarpilius almerae, Palaeocarpilius aquitanicus, Palaeocarpilius ignotus, Palaeocarpilius intermedius, Palaeocarpilius laevis, Palaeocarpilius macrocheilus, Palaeocarpilius macrochelus, Palaeocarpilius platycheilus, Palaeocarpilius rugifer, Palaeocarpilius simplex, Palaeocarpilius stenurus, Palaeocarpilius straeleni, Palaeocarpilius valrovinensis

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (2: Alabama collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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