Hepatus spinimarginatus Feldmann et al. 2005 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Aethridae

Full reference: R. M. Feldmann, C. E. Schweitzer, and A. Encinas. 2005. New decapods from the Navidad Formation (Miocene) of Chile. Journal of Crustacean Biology 25(3):427-449

Belongs to Hepatus according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010

See also Feldmann et al. 2005 and Luque et al. 2017

Sister taxa: Hepatus biformis, Hepatus bottomsi, Hepatus chiliensis, Hepatus gronovii, Hepatus guraboensis, Hepatus lineatinus, Hepatus lineatus, Hepatus nodosus, Hepatus praecox, Hepatus princeps

Type specimen: SGO.PI(SA50)

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at WP63 (BP), Boca Pupuya (Miocene of Chile)

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