Malacostraca - Decapoda - Cancridae
Alternative combinations: Cancer (Metacarcinus) davidi, Cancer davidi
Full reference: J. D. Nations. 1968. A new species of cancroid crab from the Pliocene of California. Journal of Paleontology 42(1):33-36
Belongs to Metacarcinus according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Nations 1968, Nations 1975 and Schweitzer and Feldmann 2000
Sister taxa: Cancer (Metacarcinus) magister, Metacarcinus anthonyi, Metacarcinus danai, Metacarcinus goederti, Metacarcinus gracilis, Metacarcinus granti, Metacarcinus izumoensis, Metacarcinus jenniferae, Metacarcinus magister, Metacarcinus minutoserratus, Metacarcinus novaezelandiae, Metacarcinus starri, Metacarcinus tenax
Type specimen: UCMP 37889, a carapace (Incomplete carapace plus left carpus and manus). Its type locality is UCMP D2506 Arroyo Doblegado, which is in a Pliocene marine sandstone in the Etchegoin Formation of California.
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of United States (2: California collections)
• Miocene of United States (3: California)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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