Malacostraca - Decapoda - Ocypodidae
Collected from Third Street Tunnel, Los Angeles, CA; Pliocene series; one right chela of a male, holotype (Cat. No. 353372, U.S.N.M.).
Full reference: M. J. Rathbun. 1926. The fossil stalk-eyed Crustacea of the Pacific slope of North America. United States National Museum Bulletin 138:1-155
Belongs to Uca according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Rathbun 1926
Sister taxa: Uca antiqua, Uca galapagensis, Uca macrodactylus, Uca maracoani, Uca marinae, Uca miocenica, Uca nitida, Uca oldroydi, Uca ornata, Uca pugnax, Uca subcylindrica, Gelasimus pugilator, Gelasimus subeylindricus, Gelasimus panamensis, Gelasimus palustris
Ecology: infaunal detritivore
Distribution: found only at 3rd Street tunnel (Pliocene of California)
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