Malacostraca - Decapoda - Vultocinidae
Alternative combinations: Eohalimede sandersi, Eohalimede saundersi
Full reference: W. C. Blow and R. B. Manning. 1997. A new genus, Martinetta, and two new species of xanthoid crabs from the middle Eocene Santee Limestone of South Carolina. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 30:171-180
Belongs to Pyreneplax according to À. Ossó et al. 2014
See also Blow and Manning 1997, Schweitzer et al. 2002, Schweitzer et al. 2007 and Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Pyreneplax basaensis, Pyreneplax granosa, Pyreneplax sommarugai
Type specimen: ChM PI 15210, a carapace. Its type locality is Southern Aggregates Orangeburg Quarry (Santee Limestone), which is in a Lutetian offshore shelf limestone in the Santee Limestone Formation of South Carolina.
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: South Carolina collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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