Malacostraca - Decapoda - Portunidae
Full reference: M. J. Rathbun. 1919. West Indian Tertiary decapod crustaceans. Contributions to the Geology and Paleontology of the West Indies 157-184
Belongs to Euphylax according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2021
Sister taxa: Euphylax callinecias, Euphylax callinectias, Euphylax dovii, Euphylax fortis, Euphylax fortispinosus, Euphylax maculatus, Euphylax septendentatus
Type specimen: ANSP 2265, a carapace. Its type locality is Lower half of Yaqui del Norte River valley, which is in a Miocene/Pliocene marine siliciclastic in the Dominican Republic.
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Cuba (1 collection)
• Miocene of Cuba (2), Mexico (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.