Malacostraca - Decapoda - Calappidae
Full reference: B. T. Rumsey, A. A. Klompmaker, and R. W. Portell. 2016. Paleobiogeography of the fossil box crab Calappilia (Brachyura: Calappidae) with a new species from the Eocene-Oligocene of Florida. Journal of Crustacean Biology 36(3):329-337
Belongs to Calappilia according to B. T. Rumsey et al. 2016
See also Feldmann et al. 2019 and Luque et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Calappilia boehmi, Calappilia bonairensis, Calappilia borneoensis, Calappilia brooksi, Calappilia chilensis, Calappilia circularis, Calappilia dacica, Calappilia diglypta, Calappilia gableorum, Calappilia gemmata, Calappilia gorodiskii, Calappilia granulosa, Calappilia hondoensis, Calappilia incisa, Calappilia lyrata, Calappilia matzkei, Calappilia maxwelli, Calappilia minuta, Calappilia perlata, Calappilia perreaulti, Calappilia scopuli, Calappilia sexdentata, Calappilia sitzi, Calappilia subovata, Calappilia tridentata, Calappilia verrucosa, Calappilia vicetina
Type specimen: UF 253478, a carapace. Its type locality is FLMNH SU012, Denali Pit, which is in a Priabonian/Rupelian marine limestone in the Bumpnose Formation of Florida.
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (1: Mississippi collection)
• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Florida)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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