Symethis Rathbun 1935 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Raninidae

Parent taxon: Symethinae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2018

See also Karasawa et al. 2014, Rathbun 1935, Schweitzer et al. 2010, Sepkoski 2002 and van Bakel et al. 2012

Sister taxa: Carinatus, Eosymethis

Subtaxa: Symethis johnsoni

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Type: Hippa variolosa

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Prairie Creek, Sucarnochee Clays (Paleocene of Alabama)

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