†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
Type: Alavatanais
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore
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