†Pirabacarcinus iara Lima et al. 2024 (crab)
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Malacostraca - Decapoda - Pilumnidae
Full reference: D. Lima, A. P. Pinheiro, R. Costa Silva, O. Aguilera, and W. Sanata. 2024. Brazilian Miocene crabs II. A new genus and species (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) from Pirabas Formation, northern Brazil. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 133(104723)
Belongs to Pirabacarcinus according to D. Lima et al. 2024
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MCT.I.7247. Its type locality is Colonia Pedro Teixeira, which is in a Miocene coastal horizon in the Pirabas Formation of Brazil.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Colonia Pedro Teixeira
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