Malacostraca - Decapoda - Axiidae

Full reference: B. Kensley and A. B. Williams. 1990. Axiopsis eximia, a new thalassinidean shrimp (Crustacea, Decapoda, Axiidae) from the Middle Eocene of South Carolina. Journal of Paleontology 64(5):798-802

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

See also Kensley and Williams 1990

Sister taxa: Axiopsis (Axiopsis), Axiopsis australiensis, Axiopsis mediterranea, Axiopsis pawpawensis, Axiopsis sampsonumae, Axiopsis spinifera, Axiopsis werribee

Type specimen: USNM 219431. Its type locality is Wedgefield, which is in a Lutetian marine sandstone in the Warley Hill Formation of South Carolina.

Ecology: infaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Wedgefield

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