Malacostraca - Decapoda - Aeglidae

Full reference: R. M. Feldmann, F. J. Vega, S. P. Applegate and G. A. Bishop. 1998. Early Cretaceous Arthropods from the Tlayua Formation at Tepexi de Rodriguez, Puebla, Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 72(1):79-90

Belongs to Protaegla according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010

See also Feldmann et al. 1998 and Luque et al. 2017

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IGM-6502, a carapace. Its type locality is Site IGM-1970, Tlayúa Quarry (Alacranes quarry), which is in an Albian/Albian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in the Tlayúa Formation of Mexico.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Site IGM-1970, Tlayúa Quarry (Alacranes quarry)

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