Lobocarcinus santosi Rathbun 1937 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Cancridae

Full reference: M. J. Rathbun. 1937. Cretaceous and Tertiary Crabs from Panama and Colombia. Journal of Paleontology 11(1):26-28

Belongs to Lobocarcinus according to M. J. Rathbun 1937

See also Anderson and Feldmann 1995, Luque et al. 2017 and Schweitzer et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Lobocarcinus aegypticus, Lobocarcinus catalaunicus, Lobocarcinus indicus, Lobocarcinus lumacopius, Lobocarcinus paulinowuerttemburgensis, Lobocarcinus paulinowurtembergensis, Lobocarcinus pentanodosus, Lobocarcinus pustulosus, Lobocarcinus sismondae, Lobocarcinus sismondai

Type specimen: USNM 495102, a carapace. Its type locality is On coast near Quebrada Marinero, which is in a Priabonian marine limestone/sandstone in Panama.

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at On coast near Quebrada Marinero

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