Malacostraca - Decapoda - Homolidae
Alternative combinations: Homola punctata, Homolopsis punctata, Metahomola punctata
Full reference: M. J. Rathbun. 1917. New species of South Dakota Cretaceous crabs. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 52(2182):385-391
Belongs to Latheticocarcinus according to R. M. Feldmann et al. 2012
See also Collins and Wienberg Rasmussen 1992, Rathbun 1917, Schweitzer 2001 and Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Latheticocarcinus adelphinus, Latheticocarcinus affinis, Latheticocarcinus atlanticus, Latheticocarcinus brevis, Latheticocarcinus brightoni, Latheticocarcinus centurialis, Latheticocarcinus declinatus, Latheticocarcinus dispar, Latheticocarcinus italicus, Latheticocarcinus ludvigseni, Latheticocarcinus pikeae, Latheticocarcinus schlueteri, Latheticocarcinus shapiroi, Latheticocarcinus spinigus, Latheticocarcinus transiens
Type specimen: USNM 32058, a carapace
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (2: South Dakota collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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