Malacostraca - Decapoda - Litogastroidae
Full reference: A. Garassino and R. Rigo. 2008. Pseudoglyphea friulana n. sp. (Decapoda, Astacidea, Mecochiridae) from the Upper Triassic (Carnian) of Dogna (Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, NE Italy). Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale in Milano 149(1):69-76
Belongs to Pseudoglyphea according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Garassino and Rigo 2008
Sister taxa: Pseudoglyphea alpina, Pseudoglyphea amalthea, Pseudoglyphea ancylochelis, Pseudoglyphea etalloni, Pseudoglyphea eximia, Pseudoglyphea foersteri, Pseudoglyphea gigantea, Pseudoglyphea grandis, Pseudoglyphea hamifera, Pseudoglyphea jourdani, Pseudoglyphea mulleri, Pseudoglyphea spinosa, Pseudoglyphea straeleni, Pseudoglyphea terquemi, Scapheus ancyloches
Type specimen: MFSN 34553, a carapace. Its type locality is Near Gran Colle village, northwest of Dogna, which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in the Rio del Lago Formation of Italy.
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Near Gran Colle village, northwest of Dogna
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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