Malacostraca - Decapoda - Cancridae

Alternative combination: Pororaria granulosa

Full reference: R. M. Feldmann, K. L. Bice, C. Schweitzer Hopkins, E. W. Salva, and K. Pickford. 1998. Decapod crustaceans from the Eocene Castle Hayne Formation, North Carolina: paleoceanographic implications. Journal of Paleontology 72(Supplement):1-28

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

See also Feldmann et al. 1998 and Karasawa et al. 2008

Sister taxa: Ceronnectes boeckhi, Ceronnectes boeckhii, Ceronnectes pusillinus

Type specimen: CM 32025, a carapace. Its type locality is Martin Marietta Quarry [Castle Hayne Limestone], which is in a Bartonian marine limestone in the Castle Hayne Formation of North Carolina.

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Martin Marietta Quarry [Castle Hayne Limestone]

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.