Malacostraca - Decapoda - Macrocheiridae

Full reference: T. Nyborg, B. Nyborg, A. Garassino and F. J. Vega. 2016. New occurrences of fossil Macrocheira (Brachyura, Inachidae) from the North Eastern Pacific. Paleontologia Mexicana 5(2):123-135

Belongs to Macrocheira according to T. Nyborg et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Macrocheira ginzanensis, Macrocheira jayi, Macrocheira kaempferi, Macrocheira longirostra, Macrocheira sullivani, Macrocheira teglandi, Macrocheira yabei

Type specimen: UWBM 97194. Its type locality is Pigeon Bluff, which is in a Burdigalian marine siltstone in the Astoria Formation of Washington.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Pigeon Bluff

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