Protamphisopus baii Fu and Wilson 2010 (isopod)

Malacostraca - Isopoda - Amphisopidae

Full reference: W. L. Fu and G. D. F. Wilson. 2010. Taxonomic names, in A new species of Protamphisophus Nicholls (Crustacea, Isopoda, Phreatoicidea) from Middle Triassic Luoping fauna of Yunnan Province, China. Journal of Paleontology 84(5):1003-1013

Belongs to Protamphisopus according to W. L. Fu and G. D. F. Wilson 2010

Sister taxon: Protamphisopus reichelti

Type specimen: GMPKU-P-1972, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Dawazi, upper vertebrate horizon (=Member 2), Luoping County, which is in a Pelsonian shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Guanling Formation of China.

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore

Distribution: found only at Dawazi, upper vertebrate horizon (=Member 2), Luoping County

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