Malacostraca - Decapoda - Cyclodorippidae

Full reference: L. N. Conkle, C. E. Schweitzer, R. M. Feldmann and R. B. Blodgett. 2006. A new species of Tymolus and a report on Metacarcinus (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) from the Miocene of Alaska. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 33:47-57

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

See also Conkle et al. 2006

Sister taxa: Tymolus bottemilleri, Tymolus brucei, Tymolus hirtipes, Tymolus ingens, Tymolus italicus, Tymolus itoigawai, Tymolus japonicus, Tymolus kamadai, Tymolus similis, Tymolus uncifer

Type specimen: CAS 69543, a carapace. Its type locality is Milky River headwaters, which is in a Miocene coastal conglomerate in the Bear Lake Formation of Alaska.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Milky River headwaters

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