Malacostraca - Decapoda - Tumidocarcinidae
Full reference: R. M. Feldmann, S. CasadÃo, L. Chirino-Galvez and M. Aguirre-Urreta. 1995. Fossil decapod crustaceans from the Jaguel and Roca Formations (Maastrichtian-Danian) of the Neuquen Basin, Argentina. Journal of Paleontology 69(5 II):1-22
Belongs to Lobonotus according to R. M. Feldmann et al. 1995
See also Schweitzer et al. 2004, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Schweitzer et al. 2018
Sister taxa: Lobonotus australis, Lobonotus bakeri, Lobonotus beschini, Lobonotus brazosensis, Lobonotus foerstei, Lobonotus mexicanus, Lobonotus natchitochensis, Lobonotus orientalis, Lobonotus purdyi, Lobonotus sandersi, Lobonotus sculptus, Lobonotus sturgeoni, Archaeopilumnus caelatus
Type specimen: Its type locality is General Roca, which is in a Danian deep subtidal ramp marl in the Roca Formation of Argentina
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Argentina (2 collections)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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