Malacostraca - Decapoda - Hexapodidae

Alternative combination: Thaumastoplax rocaensis

Full reference: R. M. Feldmann, S. Casadío, L. Chirino-Galvez and M. Aguirre-Urreta. 1995. Fossil decapod crustaceans from the Jaguel and Roca Formations (Maastrichtian-Danian) of the Neuquen Basin, Argentina. Journal of Paleontology 69(5 II):1-22

Belongs to Palaeopinnixa according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010

See also Feldmann et al. 1995 and Schweitzer and Feldmann 2001

Sister taxa: Palaeopinnixa alontensis, Palaeopinnixa eocenica, Palaeopinnixa granulosa, Palaeopinnixa heckeri, Palaeopinnixa intermedia, Palaeopinnixa mytilicola, Palaeopinnixa perornata, Palaeopinnixa prima, Palaeopinnixa rathbunae, Palaeopinnixa rotunda, Pinnixa (Palaeopinnixa) mytilicola, Pinnixa (Palaeopinnixa) nodosa

Type specimen: Its type locality is General Roca, which is in a Danian deep subtidal ramp marl in the Roca Formation of Argentina

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at General Roca

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