Malacostraca - Decapoda - Retroplumidae
Full reference: J. S. H. Collins and S. F. Morris. 1975. A new crab, Costacopluma concava from the Upper Cretaceous of Nigeria. Palaeontology 18(4):823-829
Parent taxon: Retroplumidae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Armstrong et al. 2009, Collins and Morris 1975, Collins and Wienberg Rasmussen 1992, Feldmann et al. 1995, Feldmann and Portell 2007, Hyžný and Muller 2010, Luque et al. 2017, Muller and Collins 1991, Nyborg et al. 2009, Sepkoski 2002 and Vega et al. 1995
Sister taxa: Archaeopus, Bathypluma, Cristipluma, Gaudipluma, Loerenthopluma, Loerenthoplumopsa, Retrocypoda, Retropluma, Serrablopluma
Subtaxa: Costacopluma australis Costacopluma bifida Costacopluma binodosa Costacopluma bishopi Costacopluma concava Costacopluma grayi Costacopluma maroccana Costacopluma mexicana Costacopluma nordestina Costacopluma salamanca Costacopluma senegalensis Costacopluma squiresi Costacopluma texana
Type: Costacopluma concava
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (1: Alabama collection)
• Paleocene of Argentina (2), United States (4: Alabama, California, California , Texas), Venezuela (1)
• Cretaceous of Mexico (6), Morocco (2), Nigeria (3), United States (1: Mississippi)
Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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