Malacostraca - Decapoda - Galatheidae

Full reference: H. Karasawa, M. Ohara, and H. Kato. 2008. New records for Crustacea from the Arida Formation (Lower Cretaceous, Barremian) of Japan. Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana 60(1):101-110

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

See also Karasawa et al. 2008

Sister taxa: Eomunidopsis aldoirarensis, Eomunidopsis cobbani, Eomunidopsis kojimai, Eomunidopsis limonitica, Eomunidopsis meerssensis, Eomunidopsis navarrensis, Eomunidopsis orobensis, Eomunidopsis portlandica, Eomunidopsis texcalaensis

Type specimen: WMNH-Ge-1140320058, a carapace. Its type locality is Locality 2, Suhara, Yuasa-cho, which is in a Barremian coastal mudstone in the Arida Formation of Japan.

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Locality 2, Suhara, Yuasa-cho

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