Aeger hidalguensis Feldmann et al. 2007 (decapod)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Aegeridae

Full reference: R. M. Feldmann, F. J. Vega, L. Martinez-Lopez, K. A. Gonzalez-Rodrigues, O. Gonzalex-Leon and M. Rosario Fernandez-Barajas. 2007. Crustacea from the Muhi Quarry (Albian-Cenomanian), and a review of Aptian Mecochiridae (Astacidea) From Mexico. Annals of Carnegie Museum 76(3):145-156

Belongs to Aeger according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010

See also Feldmann et al. 2007

Sister taxa: Aeger brevirostris, Aeger brodiei, Aeger elegans, Aeger elongatus, Aeger foersteri, Aeger franconicus, Aeger gracilis, Aeger insignis, Aeger laevis, Aeger lehmanni, Aeger libanensis, Aeger luxii, Aeger macropus, Aeger marderi, Aeger muensteri, Aeger robustus, Aeger rostrospinatus, Aeger spinipes, Aeger straeleni, Aeger tipularius

Type specimen: UAHMP-2246. Its type locality is Muhi quarry, which is in an Albian/Cenomanian deep subtidal shelf lime mudstone in the El Doctor Formation of Mexico.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Muhi quarry

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