Malacostraca - Decapoda - Tumidocarcinidae
Synonym: Leptoides Collins et al. 1995
Full reference: M. F. Glaessner. 1960. The fossil decapod Crustacea of New Zealand and the evolution of the Order Decapoda. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 31:1-79
Parent taxon: Tumidocarcinidae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2018
See also Aguirre-Urreta 1995, Collins et al. 1995, Feldmann and Keys 1992, Feldmann et al. 2003, Glaessner 1960, Schweitzer 2005, Schweitzer et al. 2007, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Agostella, Baricarcinus, Cyclocorystes, Dynomenopsis, Lobonotus, Nitotacarcinus, Paratumidocarcinus, Paronacarcinus, Pulalius, Styracocarcinus, Titanocarcinus, Xanthilites
Subtaxa: Tumidocarcinus dentatus Tumidocarcinus foersteri Tumidocarcinus giganteus Tumidocarcinus tumidus Tumidocarcinus victoriensis
Type: Harpactocarcinus tumidus
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of New Zealand (1 collection)
• Oligocene of New Zealand (2)
• Eocene to Oligocene of New Zealand (1)
• Eocene of Antarctica (3)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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