Callichirus bertalani Hyžný and Muller 2010 (mud shrimp)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Callichiridae

Full reference: M. Hyžný and P. M. Muller. 2010. The first fossil record of the genus Callichirus (Decapoda, Axiidea, Callianassidae) from the middle Miocene of Hungary, with description of a new species. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum (36)37-43

Belongs to Callichirus according to Hyzny and Muller 2010

Sister taxa: Callianassa (Callichirus) balssi, Callichirus islagrande, Callichirus major, Callichirus ornatus, Callichirus symmetricus, Callichirus waagei

Type specimen: Its type locality is Nyirád, south, which is in a Badenian marine limestone in the Leitha-limestone Formation of Hungary

Ecology: infaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Nyirád, south

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