Chirinocarcinus wichmanni Feldmann et al. 1995 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Euryplacidae

Alternative combination: Glyphithyreus wichmanni

Full reference: R. M. Feldmann, S. Casadío, L. Chirino-Galvez and M. Aguirre-Urreta. 1995. Fossil decapod crustaceans from the Jaguel and Roca Formations (Maastrichtian-Danian) of the Neuquen Basin, Argentina. Journal of Paleontology 69(5 II):1-22

Belongs to Chirinocarcinus according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2022

See also Feldmann et al. 1995 and Schweitzer et al. 2010

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is General Roca, which is in a Danian deep subtidal ramp marl in the Roca Formation of Argentina

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Paleocene of Argentina (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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