Malacostraca - Decapoda - Calappidae
Full reference: R. M. Feldmann. 1993. Additions to the fossil decapod crustacean fauna of New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 36(2):201-211
Belongs to Calappilia according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Feldmann 1993 and Rumsey et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Calappilia boehmi, Calappilia bonairensis, Calappilia borneoensis, Calappilia brooksi, Calappilia calculosa, Calappilia chilensis, Calappilia circularis, Calappilia dacica, Calappilia diglypta, Calappilia gableorum, Calappilia gemmata, Calappilia gorodiskii, Calappilia granulosa, Calappilia hondoensis, Calappilia incisa, Calappilia lyrata, Calappilia matzkei, Calappilia minuta, Calappilia perlata, Calappilia perreaulti, Calappilia scopuli, Calappilia sexdentata, Calappilia sitzi, Calappilia subovata, Calappilia tridentata, Calappilia verrucosa, Calappilia vicetina
Type specimen: AR927, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Hollands Point, which is in an Otaian marine horizon in the Pakaurangi Formation of New Zealand.
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Hollands Point
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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