†Paraxiopsis erugatus Franţescu 2014 (decapod)
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Malacostraca - Decapoda - Axiidae
Full reference: O. D. Franţescu. 2014. Fossil mudshrimps (Decapoda: Axiidea) from the Pawpaw Formation (Cretaceous: Albian), northeast Texas, USA. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 40:13-22
Belongs to Paraxiopsis according to O. D. Franţescu 2014
Sister taxon: Paraxiopsis brocki
Type specimen: USNM 558711, a carapace. Its type locality is Motorola plant, west of intersection of N. Beach and Fossil Creek Blvd, which is in an Albian offshore shale in the Pawpaw Formation of Texas.
Ecology: infaunal detritivore
Distribution: found only at Motorola plant, west of intersection of N. Beach and Fossil Creek Blvd
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