†Alavatanais carabe Vonk and Schram 2007 (arthropod)
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Malacostraca - Tanaidacea - Alavatanaidae
Synonym: Proleptochelia euskadiensis Vonk and Schram 2007
Full reference: R. Vonk and F. R. Schram. 2007. Three new tanaid species (Crustacea, Peracarida, Tanaidacea) from the Lower Cretaceous. Journal of Paleontology 81:1502-1509
Belongs to Alavatanais according to A. Sánchez-García et al. 2015
See also Vonk and Schram 2007
Sister taxon: Alavatanais margulisae
Type specimens:
- Alavatanais carabe: MCNA 9537, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Peñacerrada outcrop I, which is in an Albian terrestrial amber in the Escucha Formation of Spain.
- Proleptochelia euskadiensis: MCNA 9846B, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Peñacerrada outcrop I, which is in an Albian terrestrial amber in the Escucha Formation of Spain.
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Spain (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections including 5 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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