Malacostraca - Decapoda - Zanthopsidae
Full reference: M. J. Rathbun. 1928. Two new crabs from the Eocene of Texas. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 73:1-6
Belongs to Harpactocarcinus according to H. B. Stenzel 1935
See also Luque et al. 2017, Rathbun 1928, Rathbun 1930, Rathbun 1935, Schweitzer 2003, Schweitzer et al. 2010, Schweitzer et al. 2018 and Stenzel 1934
Sister taxa: Harpactocarcinus almeraedup, Harpactocarcinus dalmatius, Harpactocarcinus fedrigoi, Harpactocarcinus istriensis, Harpactocarcinus jacquoti, Harpactocarcinus macrodactylus, Harpactocarcinus miocenicus, Harpactocarcinus mississippiensis, Harpactocarcinus multidentatus, Harpactocarcinus ovalis, Harpactocarcinus punctulatus, Harpactocarcinus rathbunae, Harpactocarcinus rotundatus, Harpactocarcinus souverbiei, Harpactocarcinus spinosus, Harpactocarcinus tumidus, Harpactocarcinus valrovinensis, Harpactocarcinus wilkeningi, Harpactocarcinus yozgatensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Brazos Valley, Little Brazos Creek, which is in a Bartonian marine horizon in the Cook Mountain Formation of Texas
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Mexico (1 collection), United States (5: Texas)
• Cretaceous of Mexico (1)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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