Malacostraca - Decapoda - Galatheidae

Full reference: A. Garassino, A. De Angeli, and G. Pasini. 2008. New decapod assemblage from the Upper Creaceous (Cenomanian-Turonian) of Gara Sbaa, southeastern Morocco. Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano 149(1):37-67

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

See also Garassino et al. 2008

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MSNM i26856, a carapace. Its type locality is Gara Sbaa (MSNM collection), which is in a Cenomanian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Akrabou Formation of Morocco.

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Gara Sbaa (MSNM collection)

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