Palaega guadalupensis Rathbun 1935 (pill bug)

Malacostraca - Isopoda - Cirolanidae

Full reference: M. J. Rathbun. 1935. Fossil Crustacea of the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain. Geological Society of America Special Paper (2)1-160

Belongs to Palaega according to R. W. Wieder and R. M. Feldmann 1992

See also Rathbun 1935

Sister taxa: Palaega carteri, Palaega catulloi, Palaega furcillanatis, Palaega goedertorum, Palaega jurassica, Palaega kakatahi, Palaega lamnae, Palaega pumila, Palaega rugosa, Palaega williamsonensis, Palaega yamadai

Type specimen: Its type locality is USGS 7625, Guadalupe River, 1 mi E of New Braunfels, which is in a Campanian marine marl in the Taylor Formation of Texas

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (2: Texas collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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