†Platylambrus obscura Rathbun 1919 (crab)
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Malacostraca - Decapoda - Parthenopidae
Alternative combination: Parthenope (Platylambrus) obscura
Full reference: M. J. Rathbun. 1919. West Indian Tertiary decapod crustaceans. Contributions to the Geology and Paleontology of the West Indies 157-184
Belongs to Platylambrus according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Luque et al. 2017 and Rathbun 1919
Sister taxa: Platylambrus charlottensis, Platylambrus fijiensis, Platylambrus spinulatus
Type specimen: USNM 324487, a claw
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Cercado de Mao - Bluff No. 3 [Cercado Fm] (Miocene of Dominican Republic)
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