Malacostraca - Decapoda - Longusorbiidae

Full reference: R. H. B. Fraaije, F. J. Vega, B. W. M. Bakel and L. M. Garibay-Romero. 2006. Late Cretaceous dwarf decapods from Guerrero, southern Mexico and their migration patterns. Contributions to Zoology 75(3/4):121-132

Belongs to Longusorbis according to J. Luque et al. 2017

See also Fraaije et al. 2006 and Schweitzer et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Longusorbis cuniculosus, Longusorbis eutychius

Type specimen: IGM-8969, a carapace. Its type locality is IGM-2448, Temalac, which is in a Maastrichtian marine siltstone in the Mexcala Formation of Mexico.

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at IGM-2448, Temalac

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