Carpilius occidentalis Schweitzer et al. 2000 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Carpiliidae

Full reference: C. E. Schweitzer, R. M. Feldmann, A. B. Tucker and R. E. Berglund. 2000. Eocene decapod crustaceans from Pulali Point, Washington. Annals of the Carnegie Museum 69(1):23-67

Belongs to Carpilius according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2000

See also Schweitzer 2003 and Schweitzer et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Carpilius antiquus, Carpilius cantellii, Carpilius convexus, Carpilius corallinus, Carpilius lwangi, Carpilius maculatus, Carpilius petreus

Type specimen: CM 45847, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Pulali Point, Aldwell Formation, which is in an Eocene marine conglomerate/siltstone in the Aldwell Formation of Washington.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Pulali Point, Aldwell Formation

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