Zanthopsis cretacea Rathbun 1902 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Zanthopsidae

Full reference: M. J. Rathbun. 1902. Description of Zanthopsis Cretacea. Geological Society America Bulletin 13:43-44

Belongs to Zanthopsis according to M. J. Rathbun 1902

See also Luque et al. 2017, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Schweitzer et al. 2018

Sister taxa: Zanthopsis bartholomaeensis, Zanthopsis bispinosa, Zanthopsis brasiliana, Zanthopsis carolinensis, Zanthopsis dufouri, Zanthopsis errans, Zanthopsis hendersonianus, Zanthopsis leachii, Zanthopsis milleri, Zanthopsis minor, Zanthopsis multispinosa, Zanthopsis nodosa, Zanthopsis peytoni, Zanthopsis sternbergi, Zanthopsis unispinosa, Zanthopsis vulgaris

Type specimen: Its type locality is Parahyba do Norte, which is in a Maastrichtian marine limestone in Brazil

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Parahyba do Norte

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