Cowichianassa meckerti Schweitzer et al. 2009 (decapod)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Callianassidae

Full reference: C. E. Schweitzer, R. M. Feldmann, V. Cosovic, R. L. M. Ross, and D. A. Waugh. 2009. New Cretaceous and Eocene decapoda (Astacidea, Thalassinidea, Brachyura) from British Columbia, Canada. Annals of Carnegie Museum 77(4):403-423

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

See also Schweitzer et al. 2009

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: GSC 27159. Its type locality is Dove Creek Road, which is in a Campanian marine mudstone/siltstone in the Pender Formation of Canada.

Ecology: infaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Dove Creek Road

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