Yunnanopalinura schrami Feldmann et al. 2012 (spiny lobster)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Palinuridae

Full reference: R. M. Feldmann, C. E. Schweitzer, and Q. Y. Zhang. 2012. Taxonomic names, in Macrurous Decapoda from the Luoping biota (Middle Triassic) of China. Journal of Paleontology 86:425-441

Belongs to Yunnanopalinura according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2015

See also Feldmann et al. 2012

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: LPI 40169, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Luoping biota (LPI collection), which is in a Pelsonian carbonate lime mudstone in the Guanling Formation of China.

Ecology: infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Luoping biota (LPI collection)

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