Malacostraca - Decapoda - Majidae
Full reference: W. C. Blow and R. B. Manning. 1996. Preliminary descriptions of 25 new decapod crustaceans from the middle Eocene of the Carolinas, U.S.A. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 29:1-26
Belongs to Wilsonimaia according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2020
See also Blow and Manning 1996, Feldmann et al. 1998 and Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxon: Wilsonimaia schneiderorum
Type specimen: USNM 484561, a carapace. Its type locality is USGS 22329, Lanes Ferry Road, which is in a Bartonian offshore wackestone/grainstone in the Castle Hayne Formation of North Carolina.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (4: North Carolina collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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