Tricarina gadvanensis Feldmann et al. 2007 (isopod)

Malacostraca - Isopoda - Tricarinidae

Full reference: R. M. Feldmann, A. Kolahdouz, B. Biranvand and G. Schweigert. 2007. A new family, genus, and species of lobster (Decapoda: Achelata) from the Gadvan Formation (Early Cretaceous) of Iran. Journal of Paleontology 81(2):405-407

Belongs to Tricarina according to M. Hyžný et al. 2020

See also Feldmann et al. 2007, Feldmann et al. 2013 and Schweitzer et al. 2010

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: CM 54197, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Khuzestan Plain well core, which is in a Barremian/Aptian marine shale/limestone in the Gadvan Formation of Iran.

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore

Distribution: found only at Khuzestan Plain well core

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