Malacostraca - Decapoda - Nephropidae
Full reference: R. M. Feldmann, D. M. Tshudy, and M. R. A. Thomson. 1993. Late Cretaceous and Paleocene decapod crustaceans from James Ross Basin, Antarctic Peninsula. The Paleontological Society Memoir 28:1-41
Belongs to Metanephrops according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Feldmann et al. 1993
Sister taxa: Metanephrops andamanicus, Metanephrops arafurensis, Metanephrops australiensis, Metanephrops binghami, Metanephrops boschmai, Metanephrops challengeri, Metanephrops elongatus, Metanephrops japonicus, Metanephrops jenkinsi, Metanephrops motunauensis, Metanephrops neptunus, Metanephrops rubellus, Metanephrops sagamiensis, Metanephrops sibogae, Metanephrops sinensis, Metanephrops thomsoni, Metanephrops velutinus, Wongastacia taiwanica
Type specimen: CIRGEO 883, a carapace. Its type locality is Locality 10, Western San José Pass, which is in a Campanian marine siliciclastic in the Santa Marta Formation of Antarctica.
Ecology: infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (5 collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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