Malacostraca - Decapoda - Galatheidae
Full reference: C. M. Robins, R. M. Feldmann, and C. E. Schweitzer. 2013. Nine new genera and 24 new species of the Munidosidae (Decapoda: Anomura: Galatheoidea) from the Jurassic Ernstbrunn Limestone of Austria, and notes on fossil numidopsid classification. Annals of Natural History Museum (A)115-251
Belongs to Gastrosacus according to C. M. Robins et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Gastrosacus aequabus, Gastrosacus carteri, Gastrosacus eminens, Gastrosacus ernstbrunnensis, Gastrosacus levocardiacus, Gastrosacus meyeri, Gastrosacus pisinnus, Gastrosacus robineaui, Gastrosacus royoi, Gastrosacus straeleni, Gastrosacus torosus, Gastrosacus tuberosa, Gastrosacus tuberosiformis, Gastrosacus wetzleri
Type specimen: Its type locality is Ernstbrunn quarries, which is in a Tithonian/Tithonian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Ernstbrunn Formation of Austria
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution: found only at Ernstbrunn quarries
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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