Tymolus bottemilleri Nyborg and Garassino 2020 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Cyclodorippidae

Full reference: T. Nyborg and A. Garassino. 2020. New Neogene species of Tymolus STIMPSON, 1858 (Decapoda, Brachyura, Cyclodorippidae) from the eastern Pacific. Neus Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie, Abhandlungen 296`(1-2):167-174

Belongs to Tymolus according to T. Nyborg and A. Garassino 2020

Sister taxa: Tymolus alaskensis, Tymolus brucei, Tymolus hirtipes, Tymolus ingens, Tymolus italicus, Tymolus itoigawai, Tymolus japonicus, Tymolus kamadai, Tymolus similis, Tymolus uncifer

Type specimen: UWBM­IP­97218. Its type locality is Willapa Hills, which is in a Miocene/Miocene marine siltstone in the Astoria Formation of Oregon.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Willapa Hills

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