Malacostraca - Decapoda - Chasmocarcinidae
Full reference: R. M. Feldmann and W. J. Zinsmeister. 1984. New Fossil Crabs (Decapoda: Brachyura) from the La Meseta Formation (Eocene) of Antarctica: Paleogeographic and Biogeographic Implications. Journal of Paleontology 58(4):1046-1061
Belongs to Chasmocarcinus according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2022
See also Feldmann et al. 2003, Feldmann and Wilson 1988, Schweitzer and Feldmann 2001 and Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Chasmocarcinus chacei, Chasmocarcinus chiloeensis, Chasmocarcinus cylindricus, Chasmocarcinus guerini, Chasmocarcinus latipes, Chasmocarcinus longipes, Chasmocarcinus mississippiensis, Chasmocarcinus obliquus, Chasmocarcinus peresi, Chasmocarcinus rathbuni, Chasmocarcinus robertsi, Chasmocarcinus typicus
Type specimen: Its type locality is IPS 14, which is in an Eocene marine sandstone in the La Meseta Formation of Antarctica
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Antarctica (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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