Malacostraca - Decapoda - Scyllaridae
Full reference: T. Nyborg and A. Garassino. 2017. A new genus of slipper lobster (Crustacea: Decapoda: Scyllaridae) from the Eocene of California and Oregon (USA). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 283(3):309-316
Parent taxon: Scyllaridae according to C.E. Schweitzer and R.M. Feldmann 2024
See also Nyborg and Garassino 2017
Sister taxa: Acanthophoenicides, Antarctus, Arctides, Arctidinae, Bathyarctus, Biarctus, Charbelicaris, Crenarctus, Galearctus, Neoscyllarida, Palibacus, Parribacus, Parsacus, Scyllarella, Scyllarides, Scyllarus
Subtaxa: Llajassus caesius
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (3: California, Oregon collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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