Tetracarcinus australis Rathbun 1935 (crab)

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

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