Malacostraca - Decapoda - Necrocarcinidae
Alternative combinations: Campylostoma pierrense, Cenomanocarcinus pierrensis
Full reference: M. J. Rathbun. 1917. New species of South Dakota Cretaceous crabs. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 52(2182):385-391
Belongs to Elektrocarcinus according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2018
See also Franţescu et al. 2016, Karasawa et al. 2014, Rathbun 1917, Rathbun 1935, Schweitzer et al. 2010, Schweitzer et al. 2016 and van Bakel et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Elektrocarcinus davisi, Elektrocarcinus olsonorum, Elektrocarcinus texensis, Elektrocarcinus woodwardi
Type specimen: USNM 32057, a carapace. Its type locality is Eastern Corson County, which is in a Maastrichtian marine shale in the Pierre Shale Formation of South Dakota.
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (2: South Dakota collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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