Parvocaris samnitica Bravi and Garassino 1998 (shrimp)

Malacostraca - Decapoda

Full reference: S. Bravi and A. Garassino. 1998. New biostratigraphic and palaeoecologic observations on the "Plattenkalk" of the Lower Cretaceous (Albian) of Pietraroia (Benevento, S Italy), and its decapod crustaceans assemblage. Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale in Milano 138(1-2):119-171

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

See also Bravi and Garassino 1998

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Museo di Paleontologia di Napoli M20545, a carapace. Its type locality is Le Cavere site, Pietraroia (Museo Napoli collection), which is in an Albian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in Italy.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Le Cavere site, Pietraroia (Museo Napoli collection)

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