Litogaster tiefenbachensis Assmann 1927 (decapod)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Litogastroidae

Full reference: P. Assmann. 1927. Die Decapodenkrebse des deutschen Muschelkalks. Jahrbuch der Preußischen Geologischen Landesanstalt 48:332-356

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

See also Assmann 1927, Förster 1967 and Szyperko-Śliwczyńska 1976

Sister taxa: Litogaster luxoviensis, Litogaster obtusa, Litogaster ornata, Litogaster tuberculata, Litogaster turnbullensis, Brachygaster serrata

Type specimen: Its type locality is Tiefenbach near Crailsheim, which is in an Illyrian carbonate limestone in Germany

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Triassic of Germany (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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