Malacostraca - Decapoda - Macrocheiridae
Alternative combination: Paratymolus yabei
Full reference: R. Imaizumi. 1957. A Miocene fossil crab, Paratymolus yabei n. sp. from Nagano Prefecture. Transactions and Proceedings of the Paleontological Society of Japan, N.S. 25:26-30
Belongs to Macrocheira according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Imaizumi 1957 and Imaizumi 1965
Sister taxa: Macrocheira columbiaensis, Macrocheira ginzanensis, Macrocheira jayi, Macrocheira kaempferi, Macrocheira longirostra, Macrocheira sullivani, Macrocheira teglandi
Type specimen: IGPS 79485, a carapace. Its type locality is IGPS N-5, Chiyo Primary School, which is in a Burdigalian coastal siltstone in the Yonekawa Formation of Japan.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at IGPS N-5, Chiyo Primary School
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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