Malacostraca - Decapoda - Sergestidae

Full reference: J. G. Maisey and M. d. G. Carvalho. 1995. First records of fossil sergestid decapods and fossil brachyuran crab larvae (Arthropoda, Crustacea) : with remarks on some supposed palaemonid fossils, from the Santana Formation (Aptian-Albian, NE Brazil). American Museum Novitates 3132:1-20

Parent taxon: Sergestidae according to C.E. Schweitzer et al. 2023

See also Maisey and Carvalho 1995 and Schweitzer et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Acetes, Cretasergestes, Mokaya, Petalidium, Sergestes, Sergia

Subtaxa: Paleomattea deliciosa

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Type: Paleomattea deliciosa

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Chapada do Araripe [Romualdo Fm.] (general) (Cretaceous of Brazil)

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