Malacostraca - Decapoda - Cancridae
Alternative combinations: Cancer (Metacarcinus) davidi, Cancer davidi
Full reference: J. D. Nations. 1968. A new species of cancroid crab from the Pliocene of California. Journal of Paleontology 42(1):33-36
Belongs to Metacarcinus according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Nations 1968, Nations 1975 and Schweitzer and Feldmann 2000
Sister taxa: Cancer (Metacarcinus) magister, Metacarcinus anthonyi, Metacarcinus danai, Metacarcinus goederti, Metacarcinus gracilis, Metacarcinus granti, Metacarcinus izumoensis, Metacarcinus jenniferae, Metacarcinus magister, Metacarcinus minutoserratus, Metacarcinus novaezelandiae, Metacarcinus starri, Metacarcinus starridup, Metacarcinus tenax
Type specimen: UCMP 37889, a carapace (Incomplete carapace plus left carpus and manus). Its type locality is UCMP D2506 Arroyo Doblegado, which is in a Pliocene marine sandstone in the Etchegoin Formation of California.
Distribution:
• Pliocene of United States (2: California collections)
• Miocene of United States (3: California)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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