Prehepatus Bishop 1985 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda

Full reference: G. A. Bishop. 1985. A new crab, Prehepatus harrisi (Crustacea Decapoda), from the Coon Creek and Prairie Bluff formations, Union County, Mississippi. Journal of Paleontology 59(5):1028-1032

Parent taxon: Brachyura according to C.E. Schweitzer and R.M. Feldmann 2023

See also Armstrong et al. 2009, Fraaye and Collins 1987, Glaessner 1969, Lima et al. 2023, Luque et al. 2017, Rathbun 1935, Schweitzer et al. 2006, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Prehepatus cretaceus Prehepatus dilksi Prehepatus harrisi Prehepatus lenolensis Prehepatus mexicanus

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Type: Prehepatus harrisi

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Mexico (3 collections)

• Paleocene of United States (1: Texas)

• Cretaceous of Mexico (1), United States (5: Delaware, Mississippi, New Jersey, Texas, mississippi)

Total: 10 collections including 11 occurrences

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