Malacostraca - Decapoda - Tumidocarcinidae
Alternative combinations: Glyphithyreus sturgeoni, Lobonotus sturgeoni
Full reference: R. M. Feldmann, K. L. Bice, C. Schweitzer Hopkins, E. W. Salva, and K. Pickford. 1998. Decapod crustaceans from the Eocene Castle Hayne Formation, North Carolina: paleoceanographic implications. Journal of Paleontology 72(Supplement):1-28
Belongs to Feldmannicarcinus according to C. E. Schweitzer 2025
See also Feldmann et al. 1998, Luque et al. 2017, Schweitzer et al. 2007 and Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxon: Feldmannicarcinus hajzeri
Type specimen: CM 36036, a carapace. Its type locality is Lanier Quarry (CM collection), which is in a Bartonian deep subtidal limestone in the Castle Hayne Formation of North Carolina.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Lanier Quarry (CM collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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