†Acanthocarpus osborni Feldmann et al. 2019 (box crab)
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Malacostraca - Decapoda - Calappidae
Full reference: R. M. Feldmann, C. E. Schweitzer, and G. Phillips. 2019. Paleogene Decapoda (Caridea, Anomura, Axiidea, Brachyura) from Alabama and Mississippi, USA. Journal of Crustacean Biology 39(3):279-302
Belongs to Acanthocarpus according to R. M. Feldmann et al. 2019
Sister taxon: Acanthocarpus obscurus
Type specimen: MMNS IP-3780. Its type locality is MMNS MS 65.004, Marianna Formation, which is in a Rupelian marine limestone in the Marianna Formation of Mississippi.
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at MMNS MS 65.004, Marianna Formation
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