Malacostraca - Decapoda - Retroplumidae

Full reference: R. M. Feldmann, S. Casadío, L. Chirino-Galvez and M. Aguirre-Urreta. 1995. Fossil decapod crustaceans from the Jaguel and Roca Formations (Maastrichtian-Danian) of the Neuquen Basin, Argentina. Journal of Paleontology 69(5 II):1-22

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

See also Feldmann et al. 1995

Sister taxa: 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 specimen: Its type locality is General Roca, which is in a Danian deep subtidal ramp marl in the Roca Formation of Argentina

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at General Roca

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.