Malacostraca - Decapoda - Nephropidae
Full reference: R. M. Feldmann. 1974. Hoploparia riddlensis, a new species of lobster (Decapoda: Nephropidae) from the Days Creek Formation (Hauterivian, Lower Cretaceous) of Oregon. Journal of Paleontology 48(3):586-593
Belongs to Hoploparia according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Feldmann 1974
Sister taxa: Hoploparia albertaensis, Hoploparia alpinus, Hoploparia anomala, Hoploparia antarctica, Hoploparia arbei, Hoploparia aspera, Hoploparia bearpawensis, Hoploparia belli, Hoploparia benedeni, Hoploparia bennetti, Hoploparia beyrichi, Hoploparia biserialis, Hoploparia blossomana, Hoploparia bretoni, Hoploparia buntingi, Hoploparia calcarifera, Hoploparia catalunica, Hoploparia collignoni, Hoploparia columbiana, Hoploparia corneti, Hoploparia dentata, Hoploparia dentonensis, Hoploparia edwardsi, Hoploparia eocenica, Hoploparia falcifer, Hoploparia fraasi, Hoploparia gabbi, Hoploparia gadzicki, Hoploparia gammaroides, Hoploparia georgeana, Hoploparia gladiator, Hoploparia groenlandica, Hoploparia hemprichi, Hoploparia horrida, Hoploparia intermedia, Hoploparia johnsoni, Hoploparia kamimurai, Hoploparia kamuy, Hoploparia klebsi, Hoploparia lehmanni, Hoploparia longimana, Hoploparia mcnairyensis, Hoploparia mesembria, Hoploparia minima, Hoploparia miyamotoi, Hoploparia muncki, Hoploparia nasilowensis, Hoploparia natsumiae, Hoploparia pelseneeri, Hoploparia percyi, Hoploparia pusilla, Hoploparia saxbyi, Hoploparia schluteri, Hoploparia sculpta, Hoploparia senonensis, Hoploparia shastensis, Hoploparia stokesi, Hoploparia suecica, Hoploparia sulcicauda, Hoploparia tarrantensis, Hoploparia tennesseensis, Hoploparia triboleti, Hoploparia trigeri, Hoploparia tshudyi, Hoploparia uzbekensis, Hoploparia victoriae, Hoploparia wardi
Type specimen: USNM 22504, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is USGS Mesozoic Locality 905, Cow Creek, which is in a Hauterivian submarine fan sandstone/siltstone in the Days Creek Formation of Oregon.
Ecology: infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (6: Oregon collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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