†Matutites periosus Feldmann et al. 2019 (crab)
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Malacostraca - Decapoda - Matutidae
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 Matutites according to R. M. Feldmann et al. 2019
Sister taxa: Matutites americanus, Matutites anthonyae, Matutites miltonorum
Type specimen: MMNS IP-160. Its type locality is Newton, which is in a Bartonian marine horizon in the Cook Mountain Formation of Mississippi.
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Newton
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