Austromunida Schweitzer and Feldmann 2000 (decapod)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Munididae

Full reference: C. E. Schweitzer and R. M. Feldmann. 2000. First notice of the Chirostylidae (Decapoda) in the fossil record and new Tertiary Galatheidae (Decapoda) from the Americas. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum (27)147-165

Parent taxon: Munididae according to C.E. Schweitzer et al. 2023

See also Schweitzer and Feldmann 2000 and Schweitzer et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Agononida, Cretagalathea, Juracrista, Muellermunida, Munida, Protomunida, Tethysmunida, Valamunida

Subtaxa: Austromunida casadioi

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Type: Austromunida casadioi

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Argentina (1 collection)

• Eocene of Argentina (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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