Wrangelleryon perates Feldmann et al. 2013 (decapod)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Eryonidae

Full reference: R. M. Feldmann, C. E. Schweitzer, and J. W. Haggart. 2013. A new genus and species of polychelid lobster (Crustacea, Decapoda, Eryonidae) from the Early Jurassic (Hettangian) of British Columbia. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 50:135-141

Belongs to Wrangelleryon according to R. M. Feldmann et al. 2013

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: GSC 136896, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is GSC C-156926, Kennecott Point, which is in a Liasicus submarine fan siltstone in the Sandilands Formation of Canada.

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at GSC C-156926, Kennecott Point

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