Zanthopsis bartholomaeensis Rathbun 1919 (crab)

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

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