Malacostraca - Decapoda - Tumidocarcinidae
Full reference: M. J. Rathbun. 1919. West Indian Tertiary decapod crustaceans. Contributions to the Geology and Paleontology of the West Indies 157-184
Belongs to Archaeopilumnus according to M. J. Rathbun 1919
Sister taxa: Lobonotus australis, Lobonotus bakeri, Lobonotus beschini, Lobonotus brazosensis, Lobonotus foerstei, Lobonotus lobulata, Lobonotus mexicanus, Lobonotus natchitochensis, Lobonotus orientalis, Lobonotus purdyi, Lobonotus sandersi, Lobonotus sculptus, Lobonotus sturgeoni
Type specimen: ANSP 2261, a carapace. Its type locality is Lower half of Yaqui del Norte River valley, which is in a Miocene/Pliocene marine siliciclastic in the Dominican Republic.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Lower half of Yaqui del Norte River valley
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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