Litogaster turnbullensis Schram 1971 (decapod)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Litogastroidae

Full reference: F. R. Schram. 1971. Litogaster turnbullensis (sp. nov.): a Lower Triassic Glypheid Decapod Crustacean from Idaho. Journal of Paleontology 45(3):534-537

Belongs to Litogaster according to C. P. A. Smith et al. 2022

See also Feldmann et al. 2015, Schram 1971 and Schweitzer et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Litogaster luxoviensis, Litogaster obtusa, Litogaster ornata, Litogaster tiefenbachensis, Litogaster tuberculata, Brachygaster serrata

Type specimen: Field Museum PE 16215, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Hot Springs ridge, Bear Lake, which is in a Spathian offshore siltstone in the Thaynes Formation of Idaho.

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Triassic of United States (2: Idaho collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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