†Protosphaeroniscus tertiarius Schmalfuss 1980 (isopod)
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Malacostraca - Isopoda - Sphaeroniscidae
Full reference: H. Schmalfuss. 1980. Die ersten Landasseln aus Dominikanischem Bernstein mit einer systematisch-phylogenetischen Revision der Familie Sphaeroniscidae (Stuttgarter Bernsteinsammlung: Crustacea, Isopoda Oniscoidea). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 61:1-12
Belongs to Protosphaeroniscus according to H. Schmalfuss 1980
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: SMNS Do-1494-K-1. Its type locality is Dominican amber (SMNS coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore
Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (SMNS coll)
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