Malacostraca - Decapoda - Macrocheiridae
Full reference: C. E. Schweitzer. 2025. New majoid crab (Brachyura: Majoidea: Macrocheiridae) from the Eocene Lookingglass Formation, Oregon, USA. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 52:133-139
Belongs to Macrocheira according to C. E. Schweitzer 2025
Sister taxa: Macrocheira columbiaensis, Macrocheira ginzanensis, Macrocheira jayi, Macrocheira kaempferi, Macrocheira longirostra, Macrocheira sullivani, Macrocheira teglandi, Macrocheira yabei
Type specimen: USNM PAL 801580, a carapace. Its type locality is UO 2593, Burnt Ridge Road, Agness, which is in a Ypresian marine horizon in the Lookingglass Formation of Oregon.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at UO 2593, Burnt Ridge Road, Agness
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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