Malacostraca - Decapoda - Macropipidae
Alternative combination: Portunites granulifer
Full reference: M. F. Glaessner. 1960. The fossil decapod Crustacea of New Zealand and the evolution of the Order Decapoda. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 31:1-79
Belongs to Maeandricampus according to C. E. Schweitzer and R. M. Feldmann 2002
See also Feldmann and Keys 1992, Feldmann and Maxwell 1990, Feldmann et al. 2018, Glaessner 1960, Glaessner 1980 and Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Maeandricampus americanus, Maeandricampus granuliferum, Maeandricampus starri, Maeandricampus triangulum
Type specimen: NZGS DC 232, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Milburn Quarry, which is in a Chattian carbonate limestone in the Milburn Limestone Formation of New Zealand.
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Milburn Quarry
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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