Eurotanais terminator Sánchez-García et al. 2015 (arthropod)

Malacostraca - Tanaidacea - Alavatanaidae

Full reference: A. Sánchez-García, E. Peñalver, and X. Delclòs. 2015. Taxonomic names, in A rich and diverse tanaidomorphan (Crustacea: Tanaidacea) assemblage associated with Early Cretaceous resin-producing forests in North Iberia: palaeobiological implications. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 13:645-676

Belongs to Eurotanais according to A. Sánchez-García et al. 2015

Sister taxa: Eurotanais pyrenaensis, Eurotanais seilacheri

Type specimen: MCNA 13285, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Peñacerrada outcrop I, which is in an Albian terrestrial amber in the Escucha Formation of Spain.

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore

Distribution: found only at Peñacerrada outcrop I

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