Malacostraca - Decapoda - Cenomanocarcinidae
Synonym: Ophthalmoplax spinosus Feldmann 1999
Full reference: H. B. Stenzel. 1945. Decapod Crustaceans from the Cretaceous of Texas. The University of Texas Publication (4401)401-477
Belongs to Cenomanocarcinus according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2018
See also Karasawa et al. 2014, Luque et al. 2017, Schweitzer et al. 2003, Schweitzer et al. 2010, Schweitzer et al. 2016, Stephenson 1952, van Bakel et al. 2012, Vega et al. 2007 and Vega et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Cenomanocarcinus armatus, Cenomanocarcinus beardi, Cenomanocarcinus boedekeri, Cenomanocarcinus cantabricus, Cenomanocarcinus carabus, Cenomanocarcinus cookseyi, Cenomanocarcinus dissimilis, Cenomanocarcinus hierosolymitanus, Cenomanocarcinus inflatus, Cenomanocarcinus multituberculatus, Cenomanocarcinus nammourensis, Cenomanocarcinus oklahomensis, Cenomanocarcinus renfroae, Cenomanocarcinus robertsi, Cenomanocarcinus siouxensis, Cenomanocarcinus tenuicarinatus
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Colombia (3 collections), Mexico (3), United States (5: New Mexico, Texas)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
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