Malacostraca - Decapoda - Zanthopsidae
Full reference: M. J. Rathbun. 1919. West Indian Tertiary decapod crustaceans. Contributions to the Geology and Paleontology of the West Indies 157-184
Belongs to Zanthopsis according to M. J. Rathbun 1919
See also Luque et al. 2017, Schweitzer et al. 2002, Schweitzer et al. 2007 and Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Zanthopsis bispinosa, Zanthopsis brasiliana, Zanthopsis carolinensis, Zanthopsis cretacea, 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: USNM 166945, a carapace. Its type locality is USGS 6915, Orient Point, St. Bartholomew, which is in a Lutetian/Bartonian carbonate limestone in North Atlantic.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at USGS 6915, Orient Point, St. Bartholomew
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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