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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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