†family Alavatanaidae Vonk and Schram 2007 (arthropod)

Malacostraca - Tanaidacea - Alavatanaidae

Full reference: R. Vonk and F. R. Schram. 2007. Three new tanaid species (Crustacea, Peracarida, Tanaidacea) from the Lower Cretaceous. Journal of Paleontology 81:1502-1509

Parent taxon: Paratanaoidea according to A. Sánchez-García et al. 2017

See also Sánchez-García et al. 2015, Sánchez-García et al. 2016 and Vonk and Schram 2007

Sister taxa: Arcantitanais, Armadillopsis, Proleptochelia, Tytthotanais

Subtaxa: Alavatanais Daenerytanais Electrotanais Eurotanais

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Type: Alavatanais

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of France (3 collections), Spain (2)

Total: 5 collections including 12 occurrences

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