Malacostraca - Decapoda - Mecochiridae
Full reference: R. M. Feldmann and F. J. Vega. 1995. Taxonomic names, in A new species of Meyeria (Decapoda: Mecochiridae) from San Juan Raya Formation (Aptian: Cretaceous), Puebla State, Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 69(2):402-406
Belongs to Meyeria according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Feldmann and Vega 1995 and Feldmann et al. 2007
Sister taxa: Meyeria bolivari, Meyeria crofti, Meyeria gracilis, Meyeria harveyi, Meyeria hurtrelleorum, Meyeria ornata, Meyeria ornatus, Meyeria vectensis
Type specimen: UNAM, an exoskeleton (nearly complete specimen). Its type locality is Agua la Iglesia, San Juan Raya, which is in an Aptian lagoonal shale in the San Juan Raya 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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