Malacostraca - Decapoda - Necrocarcinidae
Alternative combination: Necrocarcinus texensis
Full reference: M. J. Rathbun. 1935. Fossil Crustacea of the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain. Geological Society of America Special Paper (2)1-160
Belongs to Elektrocarcinus according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2016
See also Franţescu et al. 2016, Karasawa et al. 2014, Rathbun 1935 and Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Elektrocarcinus davisi, Elektrocarcinus olsonorum, Elektrocarcinus pierrensis, Elektrocarcinus woodwardi
Type specimen: Its type locality is 2 mi N of Denison, 1/2 mi E of Denton clay/Kde type locality..., which is in an Albian marine claystone in the Denton Formation of Texas
Ecology: semi-infaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (2: Texas collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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