Eriosachila terryi Rathbun 1937 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Aethridae

Alternative combination: Zanthopsis terryi

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

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

See also Blow and Manning 1996, Luque et al. 2017, Rathbun 1937, Schweitzer et al. 2002 and Schweitzer et al. 2007

Sister taxa: Eriosachila bajaensis, Eriosachila bartholomaeensis, Eriosachila cubensis, Eriosachila cuvillieri, Eriosachila orri, Eriosachila petiti, Eriosachila rathbunae, Eriosachila robertsi, Eriosachila rossi

Type specimen: USNM 495105, a carapace

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Quebrada Platanal, near El Llano (Eocene of Panama)

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