†Typhlocarcinus obtusus Karasawa 1993 (crab)
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Malacostraca - Decapoda - Pilumnidae
Full reference: H. Karasawa. 1993. Cenozoic Decapod Crustacea from Southwest Japan. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum (20)1-92
Belongs to Typhlocarcinus according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Karasawa 1993
Sister taxa: Typhlocarcinus galenoformis, Typhlocarcinus taiwanicus
Type specimen: MFM142009, a carapace. Its type locality is Goudaijimashita, which is in a Pliocene marine sandstone in the Dainichi Sand Formation of Japan.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Goudaijimashita
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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