Sandomingia Rathbun 1919 (swimming crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Portunidae

Full reference: M. J. Rathbun. 1919. West Indian Tertiary decapod crustaceans. Contributions to the Geology and Paleontology of the West Indies 157-184

Parent taxon: Podophthalminae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2021

See also Karasawa and Schweitzer 2006, Luque et al. 2017, Rathbun 1919, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Euphylax, Paraeuphylax, Pheophthalmus, Podophthalmus, Psygmophthalmus, Saratunus, Viaophthalmus

Subtaxa: Sandomingia yaquiensis

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Type: Sandomingia yaquiensis

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Costa Rica (1 collection), Panama (1)

• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (2)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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