Malacostraca - Decapoda - Carcinidae
Full reference: M. J. Rathbun. 1935. Fossil Crustacea of the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain. Geological Society of America Special Paper (2)1-160
Parent taxon: Polybiinae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2021
See also Collins and Morris 1975, Karasawa and Schweitzer 2006, Karasawa et al. 2008, Luque et al. 2017, Ossó-Morales et al. 2010, Rathbun 1935, Schweitzer et al. 2003, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Archaeogeryon, Bathynectes, Benthochascon, Bericocarcinus, Boschettia, Brusinia, Coeloma, Faksecarcinus, Falsiportunites, Leiocarcinus, Liocarcinus, Lovaroides, Macropipus, Maeandricampus, Megokkos, Minohellenus, Necora, Olicarcinus, Parathranites, Polybius, Pororaria, Portufuria, Portunites, Coenophthalmus, Raymannius, Nectocarcinus, Echinolatus
Subtaxa: Ophthalmoplax andina Ophthalmoplax brasiliana Ophthalmoplax comancheensis Ophthalmoplax minimus Ophthalmoplax stephensoni
Type: Ophthalmoplax stephensoni
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Colombia (3 collections), Cuba (1), Mexico (1), Morocco (2), United States (9: Alabama, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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