Palaeopinnixa intermedia Collins and Morris 1976 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Hexapodidae

Alternative combination: Thaumastoplax intermedia

Full reference: J. S. H. Collins and S. F. Morris. 1976. Tertiary and Pleistocene crabs from Barbados and Trinidad. Palaeontology 19(1):107-131

Belongs to Palaeopinnixa according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010

See also Collins and Morris 1976 and Schweitzer and Feldmann 2001

Sister taxa: Palaeopinnixa alontensis, Palaeopinnixa eocenica, Palaeopinnixa granulosa, Palaeopinnixa heckeri, Palaeopinnixa mytilicola, Palaeopinnixa perornata, Palaeopinnixa prima, Palaeopinnixa rathbunae, Palaeopinnixa rocaensis, Palaeopinnixa rotunda, Pinnixa (Palaeopinnixa) mytilicola, Pinnixa (Palaeopinnixa) nodosa

Type specimen: BMNH In. 60008. Its type locality is Gauracara Road, which is in a Serravallian marine sandstone in the Brasso Formation of Trinidad and Tobago.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Gauracara Road

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