Malacostraca - Decapoda - Retroplumidae
Full reference: T. Nyborg, F. J. Vega, and H. F. Filkorn. 2009. First described species of Costacopluma (Crustacea: Brachyura: Retroplumidae) from the Pacific slope, Paleocene of California, USA. Boletin de la Sociedad Geologica Mexicana 61(2):203-209
Belongs to Costacopluma according to T. Nyborg et al. 2009
Sister taxa: Costacopluma australis, Costacopluma bifida, Costacopluma binodosa, Costacopluma bishopi, Costacopluma concava, Costacopluma grayi, Costacopluma maroccana, Costacopluma mexicana, Costacopluma nordestina, Costacopluma salamanca, Costacopluma senegalensis, Costacopluma texana
Type specimen: LACMIP 13560. Its type locality is LACMIP loc. 11688, Quarry Canyon, which is in a Thanetian shallow subtidal siltstone/limestone in the Santa Susana Formation of California.
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (2: California, California collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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