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
Type: Dakoticancer olssoni
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Colombia (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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