Tonellocaris Garassino 1998 (shrimp)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Oplophoridae

Full reference: A. Garassino. 1998. Nuovo studio sui crostacei decapodi del Cretacico inferiore (Barremiano-Aptiano) della Valle del Torrente Cornappo (Udine, NE Italia). Gortania 20:59-73

Parent taxon: Oplophoridae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010

See also Garassino 1998

Sister taxa: Hoplophorus, Hymenodora, Meningodora, Notostomus, Oplophorus, Stystellaspis, Systellapsis

Subtaxa: Tonellocaris brevirostrata

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Type: Tonellocaris brevirostrata

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Cornappo River (Cretaceous of Italy)

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