†Menippe jacksonensis Rathbun 1935 (crab)
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Malacostraca - Decapoda - Menippidae
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 Menippe according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Rathbun 1935
Sister taxa: Menippe brevimanus, Menippe burnsi, Menippe cretacea, Menippe floridana, Menippe frescoensis, Menippe mercenaria, Menippe nodifrons, Menippe oceanica, Menippe rumphii
Type specimen: Its type locality is Bluff on west side of Town Creek..., which is in an Eocene marine horizon in the Jackson Formation of Mississippi
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Bluff on west side of Town Creek...
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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