†Aetocarcinus muricatus Schweitzer et al. 2016 (crab)
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Malacostraca - Decapoda - Orithopsidae
Full reference: C. E. Schweitzer, R. M. Feldmann, W. L. Rader and O. Franţescu. 2016. Early Cretaceous (Albian) decapods from the Glen Rose and Walnut formations of Texas, USA. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 42:1-22
Belongs to Aetocarcinus according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2018
See also Schweitzer et al. 2016
Sister taxon: Aetocarcinus roddai
Type specimen: TMM NPL 69693, a carapace
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Aetocarcinus muricatus in the database
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