Malacostraca - Decapoda - Lyreididae
Full reference: R. E. Berglund and R. M. Feldman. 1989. A new crab, Rogueus orri n. gen. and sp. (Decapoda: Brachyura), from the Lookingglass Formation (Ulatisian Stage: lower Middle Eocene) of southwestern Oregon. Journal of Paleontology 63:69-73
Parent taxon: Lyreidinae according to B. W. M. van Bakel et al. 2023
See also Berglund and Feldman 1989, Karasawa et al. 2014, Schweitzer et al. 2010, Schweitzer et al. 2018, Sepkoski 2002 and van Bakel et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Giulianolyreidus, Lyreidus, Ranidina, Symethoides, Tribolocephalus
Subtaxa: Rogueus belgodereae Rogueus johnsoni Rogueus orri Rogueus robustus
Type: Rogueus orri
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (1: Oregon collection)
• Paleocene of Denmark (1), France (1), United States (2: Alabama)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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