Malacostraca - Decapoda - Palaeocorystidae
Alternative combination: Eucorystes platys
Full reference: C. E. Schweitzer and R. M. Feldmann. 2001. New Cretaceous and Tertiary decapod crustaceans from western North America. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 28:173-210
Belongs to Joeranina according to B. W. M. van Bakel et al. 2012
See also Schweitzer and Feldmann 2001, Schweitzer et al. 2003 and Schweitzer et al. 2009
Sister taxa: Joeranina broderipi, Joeranina colombiana, Joeranina gaspari, Joeranina harveyi, Joeranina japonica, Joeranina kerri, Joeranina paututensis, Joeranina tausi
Type specimen: USNM 512163, a carapace
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (4: British Columbia collections), United States (1: Oregon)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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