Malacostraca - Decapoda - Konidromitidae

Alternative combination: Plagiophthalmus izetti

Full reference: G. A. Bishop. 1988. New fossil crabs, Plagiopthalmus izetti, Latheticocarcinus sharpiroi, and Sagittiformosus carabus (Crustacea, Decapoda), from the western interior Cretaceous, U.S.A. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 101(2):375-381

Belongs to Oxythyreus according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010

See also Bishop 1988

Sister taxa: Konidromites gibbus, Konidromites gibbusdup, Konidromites izetti, Konidromites schneideri, Oxythyreus bjorki

Type specimen: USNM 418171. Its type locality is USGS D8090, which is in a Campanian marine shale in the Pierre Shale Formation of Colorado.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at USGS D8090

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