Xanthopsis errans Woods 1922 (stone crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Xanthidae

Full reference: H. Woods. 1922. Section B: Chapter VI: Crustacea from the Eocene Deposits of Peru. Geology of the Tertiary and Quaternary Periods in the Northwest Part of Peru 114-118

Belongs to Xanthopsis according to H. Woods 1922

See also Rathbun 1935 and Schweitzer et al. 2010

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Negritos, which is in an Eocene shallow subtidal shale/sandstone in the Negritos Formation of Peru

Ecology: infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Negritos

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