Malacostraca - Decapoda - Goneplacidae
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: Goneplacidae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2022
See also Karasawa and Schweitzer 2006, Luque et al. 2017, Schweitzer et al. 2002, Schweitzer et al. 2006, Schweitzer et al. 2007, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Schweitzer and Karasawa 2004
Sister taxa: Albaidaplax, Astiplax, Carcinoplacinae, Carcinoplax, Carinocarcinoidinae, Entricoplax, Euryplacinae, Goneplacinae, Goneplax, Kowaicarcinus, Mathildellinae, Neogoneplax, Ommatocarcinus, Psopheticus
Subtaxa: Amydrocarcinus dantei
Type: Amydrocarcinus dantei
Ecology: infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Mexico (2 collections)
• Paleogene of Mexico (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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