†Austrolestidion Tillyard 1916 (decapod)
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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
Type: Austrolestidion duaringae
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Duaringa core (Eocene of Australia)
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