Bylgia ruedeli Schweigert and Garassino 2004 (decapod)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Penaeidae

Full reference: G. Schweigert and A. Garassino. 2004. New genera and species of shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda: Dendrobranchiata, Caridea) from the Upper Jurassic lithographic limestones of S Germany. Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde 1-33

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

Sister taxa: Bylgia haeberleini, Bylgia hexadon, Bylgia spinosa

Type specimen: Its type locality is Öchselberg quarry near Breitenhill, which is in a Tithonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Solnhofen Formation of Germany

Ecology: infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Germany (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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