Malacostraca - Decapoda - Aethridae
Full reference: C. E. Schweitzer, R. M. Feldmann, G. Gonzalez-Barba and V. Cosovic. 2006. New Decapoda (Anomura, Brachyura) from the Eocene Bateque and Tepetate Formations, Baja California Sur, Mexico. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 33:21-45
Belongs to Prehepatus according to J. W. M. Jagt et al. 2010
See also Luque et al. 2017, Schweitzer et al. 2006, Schweitzer et al. 2007 and Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Prehepatus cretaceus, Prehepatus dilksi, Prehepatus harrisi, Prehepatus lenolensis
Type specimen: MHN-UABCS/Ba10-8, a claw
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Mexico (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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