Malacostraca - Decapoda - Mathildellidae
Full reference: F. J. Vega and S. T. Ahyong. 2018. Taxonomic names, in Oldest record of Mathildellidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Goneplacoidea) associated with Retroplumidae from the Upper Cretaceous of NE Mexico. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 82:62-75
Belongs to Prebranchioplax according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2022
See also Vega and Ahyong 2018
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: CPC-2075, a carapace. Its type locality is Entronque, which is in a Campanian marine siliciclastic in the Cerro del Pueblo Formation of Mexico.
Ecology: infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Mexico (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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