Malacostraca - Decapoda - Lyreididae
Full reference: C. E. Schweitzer, R. M. Feldmann, J. Fam, W. A. Hessin, S. W. Hetrick, T. G. Nyborg, and R. L. M. Ross. 2003. Cretaceous and Eocene Decapod Crustaceans from Southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia Canada. NRC Research Press 1-66
Belongs to Macroacaena according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Schweitzer et al. 2003 and van Bakel et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Macroacaena alseana, Macroacaena alseanus, Macroacaena bidentata, Macroacaena bispinulata, Macroacaena bispinulatus, Macroacaena elongata, Macroacaena franconia, Macroacaena fudouji, Macroacaena fudoujii, Macroacaena leucosiae, Macroacaena marionae, Macroacaena naselensis, Macroacaena rosenkrantzi, Macroacaena schencki, Macroacaena succedanus, Macroacaena teshimai, Macroacaena tridens, Macroacaena venturai, Macroacaena willapensis, Macroacaena yanini, Carinaranina marionae, Carinaranina naselensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Via Appia Beds, which is in a Ypresian marine mudstone in the Via Appia Beds Formation of Canada
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Via Appia Beds
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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