Anoplocarcinus Schweitzer et al. 2019 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Orithopsidae

Full reference: C. E. Schweitzer, R. M. Feldmann, H. Karasawa, J. Luque, and F. J. Vega. 2019. New decapod crustacean (Brachyura, Raninoida) from the Lower Cretaceous Hudspeth Formation of Oregon, USA. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 45:15-22

Parent taxon: Orithopsidae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2019

Sister taxa: Aetocarcinus, Bellcarcinus, Cherpiocarcinus, Chronocancer, Colombicarcinus, Cristella, Marycarcinus, Orithopsis, Paradoxicarcinus, Paradoxilissopsa, Planocarcinus, Shazella, Silvacarcinus, Texicancer

Subtaxa: Anoplocarcinus hudspethi

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Type: Anoplocarcinus hudspethi

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Anoplocarcinus in the database

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