†Tetracarcinus australis Rathbun 1935 (crab)
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Malacostraca - Decapoda - Ibericancridae
Alternative combination: Dakoticancer australis
Full reference: M. J. Rathbun. 1935. Fossil Crustacea of the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain. Geological Society of America Special Paper (2)1-160
Belongs to Tetracarcinus according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2025
See also Bishop 1983, Luque et al. 2017 and Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Tetracarcinus subquadratus, Seorsus millerae, Seorsus wadei, Parapaguristes tuberculatus
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Mexico (8 collections), United States (3: Mississippi, Texas)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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