†Melipal chilensis Schweitzer et al. 2006 (decapod)
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Malacostraca - Decapoda - Callianassidae
Full reference: C. E. Schweitzer, R. M. Feldmann, A. Encinas and M. Suarez. 2006. New Cretaceous and Eocene Callianassoidea (Thalassinidea, Decapoda) from Algarrobo, Chile. Journal of Crustacean Biology 26(1):73-81
Belongs to Melipal according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Schweitzer et al. 2006
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: SGO.PI.6385, an other. Its type locality is Algarrobo (Estratos de Algarrobo), which is in an Eocene/Eocene deltaic sandstone/conglomerate in the Estratos de Algarrobo Formation of Chile.
Ecology: infaunal detritivore
Distribution: found only at Algarrobo (Estratos de Algarrobo)
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