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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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