Planocarcinus Luque et al. 2012 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Orithopsidae

Full reference: J. Luque, R. M. Feldmann, C. E. Schweitzer, C. Jaramillo, and C. B. Cameron. 2012. The oldest frog crabs (Decapoda: Brachyura: Raninoida) from the Aptian of northern South America. Journal of Crustacean Biology 32:405-420

Parent taxon: Orithopsidae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2018

See also Karasawa et al. 2014, Luque et al. 2012, Luque et al. 2017 and Schweitzer et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Aetocarcinus, Anoplocarcinus, Bellcarcinus, Cherpiocarcinus, Chronocancer, Colombicarcinus, Cristella, Marycarcinus, Orithopsis, Paradoxicarcinus, Paradoxilissopsa, Shazella, Silvacarcinus, Texicancer

Subtaxa: Planocarcinus johnjagti Planocarcinus olssoni

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Type: Dakoticancer olssoni

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Colombia (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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