Costacopluma texana Armstrong et al. 2009 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Retroplumidae

Full reference: A. Armstrong, T. Nyborg, G. A. Bishop Ossó-Morales and F. J. Vega. 2009. Decapod crustaceans from the Paleocene of Central Texas, USA. Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas 26(3):745-763

Belongs to Costacopluma according to A. Armstrong 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 squiresi

Type specimen: NPL31172. Its type locality is Quarry west of Mexia, which is in a Danian marine claystone in the Wills Point Formation of Texas.

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Quarry west of Mexia

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