Malacostraca - Decapoda - Majidae
Full reference: W. C. Blow and R. B. Manning. 1996. Preliminary descriptions of 25 new decapod crustaceans from the middle Eocene of the Carolinas, U.S.A. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 29:1-26
Parent taxon: Majinae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2020
See also Blow and Manning 1996, Feldmann et al. 1998, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Anacinetops, Chondromaia, Choniognathus, Eurynome, Jacquinotia, Leptomithrax, Maja, Microhalimus, Naxia, Notomithrax, Paramithrax, Pippacirama, Prismatopus, Pseudomicippe, Schizophroida, Schizophrys, Spinirostrimaia, Teratomaia, Tumidomaia, Tumulosternum
Subtaxa: Wilsonimaia ethelae Wilsonimaia schneiderorum
Type: Wilsonimaia ethelae
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (5: North Carolina collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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