†Acanthaxius carinatus 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 Acanthaxius according to O. D. Franţescu 2014
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: USNM 558718, a carapace
Ecology: infaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (2: Texas collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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