Malacostraca - Decapoda - Carcinidae
Full reference: M. F. Glaessner. 1980. New Cretaceous and Tertiary crabs (Crustacea: Brachyura) from Australia and New Zealand. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 104(6):171-192
Parent taxon: Polybiinae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2021
See also Feldmann et al. 1998, Feldmann and Keys 1992, Karasawa and Schweitzer 2006, Karasawa et al. 2008, 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, Ophthalmoplax, Parathranites, Polybius, Portufuria, Portunites, Nectocarcinus, Coenophthalmus, Echinolatus, Raymannius
Subtaxa: Pororaria eocenica
Type: Pororaria eocenica
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of New Zealand (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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