Archaeopus lunicarinus Schweitzer and Feldmann 2001 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Retroplumidae

Alternative combination: Archaeopus lunicarina

Full reference: C. E. Schweitzer and R. M. Feldmann. 2001. New Cretaceous and Tertiary decapod crustaceans from western North America. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 28:173-210

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

See also Schweitzer et al. 2002

Sister taxa: Archaeopus antennatus, Archaeopus bicornutus, Archaeopus diabolus, Archaeopus ezoensis, Archaeopus mexicanus, Archaeopus rathbunae, Archaeopus rostratus, Archaeopus schenki, Archaeopus vancouverensis

Type specimen: UAM-2574a and b

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at South side of Syncline Mountain (Cretaceous of Alaska)

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