†Globihexapus paxillus Schweitzer and Feldmann 2001 (crab)
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Malacostraca - Decapoda - Varunidae
Full reference: C. E. Schweitzer and R. M. Feldmann. 2001. Differentiation of the fossil Hexapodidae Miers, 1886 (Decapoda: Brachyura) from similar forms. Journal of Paleontology 75(2):330-345
Belongs to Globihexapus according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2023
See also Schweitzer and Feldmann 2001 and Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxon: Globihexapus kosekii
Type specimen: USNM 501841, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is RB83, which is in a Burdigalian marine horizon in the Astoria Formation of Oregon.
Ecology: infaunal detritivore
Distribution: found only at RB83
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