Malacostraca - Decapoda - Callianassidae
Full reference: G. A. Bishop. 1985. Fossil Decapod Crustaceans from the Gammon Ferruginous Member, Pierre Shale (Early Campanian), Black Hills, South Dakota. Journal of Paleontology 59(3):605-624
Belongs to Protocallianassa according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Bishop 1985
Sister taxa: Protocallianassa antarctica, Protocallianassa antiqua, Protocallianassa archiaci, Protocallianassa australica, Protocallianassa bohemica, Protocallianassa brevis, Protocallianassa caucasica, Protocallianassa cenomanensis, Protocallianassa cliffwoodensis, Protocallianassa elongata, Protocallianassa faujasi, Protocallianassa gracilis, Protocallianassa klofi, Protocallianassa mortoni, Protocallianassa patagonica, Protocallianassa pilsbryi, Protocallianassa pleuralum, Protocallianassa praecepta, Protocallianassa saetosa, Protocallianassa sarysuensis, Protocallianassa tourtiae
Ecology: infaunal detritivore
Distribution: found only at Heart Trail Ranch Locality (Cretaceous of South Dakota)
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