Malacostraca - Decapoda - Retroplumidae

Full reference: R. M. Feldmann, M.F. Rodriguez, G.A. Martinez and M. Aguirre-Urreta. 1997. Costacopluma salamanca New Species (Decapoda, Retroplumidae) from the Salamanca Formation (Danian) of Patagonia, Argentina. Journal of Paleontology 71(1):125-130

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

See also Feldmann et al. 1997

Sister taxa: Costacopluma australis, Costacopluma bifida, Costacopluma binodosa, Costacopluma bishopi, Costacopluma concava, Costacopluma grayi, Costacopluma maroccana, Costacopluma mexicana, Costacopluma nordestina, Costacopluma senegalensis, Costacopluma squiresi, Costacopluma texana

Type specimen: Its type locality is Punta Matalinares, which is in a Danian marine claystone/sandstone in the Salamanca Formation of Argentina

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Punta Matalinares

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.