Malacostraca - Decapoda - Orithopsidae

Synonym: Juglocarcinus Collins et al. 2017

Full reference: C. E. Schweitzer, R. M. Feldmann, W. L. Rader and O. Franţescu. 2016. Early Cretaceous (Albian) decapods from the Glen Rose and Walnut formations of Texas, USA. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 42:1-22

Parent taxon: Orithopsidae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2018

See also Schweitzer et al. 2016 and Schweitzer et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Anoplocarcinus, Bellcarcinus, Cherpiocarcinus, Chronocancer, Colombicarcinus, Cristella, Marycarcinus, Orithopsis, Paradoxicarcinus, Paradoxilissopsa, Planocarcinus, Shazella, Silvacarcinus, Texicancer

Subtaxa: Aetocarcinus muricatus Aetocarcinus roddai

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Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Aetocarcinus in the database

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