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
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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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