Malacostraca - Decapoda - Cancridae
Full reference: R. E. Berglund and J. L. Goedert. 1992. A new species of Cancer (Decapoda: Brachyura) from the Miocene Astoria Formation in Washington. Burke Museum Contributions in Anthropology and Natural History 9:1-11
Belongs to Cancer (Romaleon) according to Berglund and Goedert 1992
See also Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Romaleon antennarium, Romaleon branneri, Romaleon dereki, Romaleon franciscae, Romaleon gibbosulum, Romaleon jordani, Romaleon nakagawaensis, Romaleon parspinosus, Romaleon polyodon, Romaleon sakamotoi, Romaleon sanbonsugii, Romaleon urbanus
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at LACMIP 5848 east shore of Gray's Bay (Miocene of Washington)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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