Eubelum rusingaense Morris 1979 (isopod)

Malacostraca - Isopoda - Eubelidae

Full reference: S. F. Morris. 1979. A new fossil terrestrial isopod with implications for the East African Miocene land form. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology 32:71-75

Belongs to Eubelum according to S. F. Morris 1979

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: BMNH In.61025. Its type locality is Rusinga Island R.1a, which is in a Burdigalian dry floodplain horizon in the Hiwegi Formation of Kenya.

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore

Distribution: found only at Rusinga Island R.1a

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