Austrolestidion Tillyard 1916 (decapod)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Parastacidae

Full reference: R. J. Tillyard. 1916. Descriptions of the fossil Insects; Mesozoic and Tertiary Insects of Queensland and New South Wales. Descriptions of the fossil Insects and stratigraphical features. Queensland Geological Survey (253)11-70

Parent taxon: Parastacidae according to P. A. Jell 2004

See also Carpenter 1992 and Tillyard 1916

Sister taxa: Aenigmastacus, Astacopsis, Lammuastacus, Palaeoechinastacus, Paranephrops

Subtaxa: Austrolestidion duaringae

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Type: Austrolestidion duaringae

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Duaringa core (Eocene of Australia)

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