Malacostraca - Decapoda - Trichopeltariidae
Full reference: C. E. Schweitzer, R. M. Feldmann, G. Gonzales-Barba and F. J. Vega. 2002. New crabs from the Eocene and Oligocene of Baja California Sur, Mexico and an assessment of the evolutionary and paleobiogeographic implications of Mexican fossil decapods. Memoir (The Paleontological Society) 59:1-43
Parent taxon: Trichopeltariidae according to C. E. Schweitzer and R. M. Feldmann 2019
See also Luque et al. 2017, Schweitzer et al. 2002, Schweitzer et al. 2006 and Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Alberticarcinus, Palaeotrichia, Podocatactes, Trichopeltarion
Subtaxa: Levicyclus tepetate
Type: Levicyclus tepetate
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Mexico (1 collection)
• Paleogene of Mexico (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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