Malacostraca - Decapoda - Tumidocarcinidae
Full reference: C. E. Schweitzer, R. M. Feldmann, V. Cosovic, R. L. M. Ross, and D. A. Waugh. 2009. New Cretaceous and Eocene decapoda (Astacidea, Thalassinidea, Brachyura) from British Columbia, Canada. Annals of Carnegie Museum 77(4):403-423
Belongs to Nitotacarcinus according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Schweitzer et al. 2009
Sister taxa: Nitotacarcinus ambrosii, Nitotacarcinus antipodes, Nitotacarcinus bituberculatus, Nitotacarcinus lutarius
Type specimen: GSC 27163. Its type locality is Via Appia Beds, which is in a Ypresian marine mudstone in the Via Appia Beds Formation of Canada.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Via Appia Beds
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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