†Tehuacana tehuacana Stenzel 1944 (crab)
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Malacostraca - Decapoda - Mathildellidae
Full reference: H. B. Stenzel. 1944. A new Paleocene catometope crab from Texas, Tehuacana tehuacana. Journal of Paleontology 18(6):546-549
Belongs to Tehuacana according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2022
See also Martínez-Díaz et al. 2017, Schweitzer et al. 2010, Stenzel 1944 and Vega et al. 2007
Sister taxa: Tehuacana americana, Tehuacana schweitzerae
Type specimen: Its type locality is Tehuacana Creek, which is in a Selandian marine sandstone in the Wills Point Formation of Texas
Ecology: infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (1: Texas collection)
• Paleogene of Mexico (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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