†Armadillidium payangadensis Srivastava et al. 2006 (isopod)
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Malacostraca - Isopoda - Armadillidiidae
Full reference: G. P. Srivastava, M. Shukla, P. Kumar, M. Kumar, and A. Prakash. 2006. Record of pillbug (Armadillidium) and millipede (Polyxenus) remains from the resin lumps of Warkalli Formation (upper Tertiary), Kerala coast. Journal of the Geological Society of India 67:715-719
Belongs to Armadillidium according to G. P. Srivastava et al. 2006
Sister taxon: Armadillidium molassicum
Type specimen: BSIP 38375. Its type locality is Payangadi Clay Mines, which is in a Burdigalian terrestrial amber in the Warkalli Formation of India.
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore
Distribution: found only at Payangadi Clay Mines
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