Viacarcinus druidi Blow and Manning 1996 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Pilumnidae

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 Viacarcinus according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2022

See also Blow and Manning 1996 and Schweitzer et al. 2010

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: USNM 484559, 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 (2: South Carolina collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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