Tanidromites scheffnerae Schweigert and Koppka 2011 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Tanidromitidae

Full reference: G. Schweigert and J. Koppka. 2011. Decapods (Crustacea: Brachyura) from the Jurassic of Germany and Lithuania, with descriptions of new species of Planoprosopon and Tanidromites. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 260:221-235

Belongs to Tanidromites according to G. Schweigert and J. Koppka 2011

Sister taxa: Tanidromites insignis, Tanidromites lingulata, Tanidromites lithuanicus, Tanidromites montreuilense, Tanidromites pustulosa, Tanidromites raboeufi, Tanidromites richardsoni, Tanidromites sculpta

Type specimen: Its type locality is Gundelsheim near Treuchtlingen, which is in a Kimmeridgian marine horizon in the Treuchtlingen Formation of Germany

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Gundelsheim near Treuchtlingen

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