Malacostraca - Decapoda - Hexapodidae
Alternative combination: Pinnixa (Palaeopinnixa) perornata
Full reference: J. S. H. Collins and S. F. Morris. 1976. Tertiary and Pleistocene crabs from Barbados and Trinidad. Palaeontology 19(1):107-131
Belongs to Palaeopinnixa according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Collins and Morris 1976, Luque et al. 2017 and Schweitzer and Feldmann 2001
Sister taxa: Palaeopinnixa alontensis, Palaeopinnixa eocenica, Palaeopinnixa granulosa, Palaeopinnixa heckeri, Palaeopinnixa intermedia, Palaeopinnixa mytilicola, Palaeopinnixa prima, Palaeopinnixa rathbunae, Palaeopinnixa rocaensis, Palaeopinnixa rotunda, Pinnixa (Palaeopinnixa) mytilicola, Pinnixa (Palaeopinnixa) nodosa
Type specimen: BMNH In. 61361. Its type locality is Spa Estate, which is in an Eocene/Eocene marine horizon in the Scotland Beds Formation of Barbados.
Distribution:
• Miocene of Colombia (1 collection), Mexico (1), Venezuela (2)
• Eocene of Barbados (1)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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