Family Oniscidae Latreille 1802 (isopod)

Malacostraca - Isopoda - Oniscidae

Full reference: P. A. Latreille. 1802. Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes. 3:1-467

Parent taxon: Isopoda according to C. L. Koch and G. C. Berendt 1854

Sister taxa: Aegidae, Anthuridea, Asellota, Branchipodites, Elioserolis, Flabellifera, Gnathiidae, Gnathiidea, Oniscidea, Phreatoicidea, Scutocoxifera, Sphaeromatidea, Triassphaeroma, Urdidae, Valvifera

Subtaxa: Oniscus Porcellio

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Ecology: epifaunal omnivore

Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber, Berendt collection (Eocene of Poland)

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