Malacostraca - Decapoda - Goniodromitidae
Full reference: A. Armstrong, T. Nyborg, G. A. Bishop Ossó-Morales and F. J. Vega. 2009. Decapod crustaceans from the Paleocene of Central Texas, USA. Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas 26(3):745-763
Belongs to Pithonoton according to A. Armstrong et al. 2009
Sister taxa: Pithonoton angustum, Pithonoton bourgeati, Pithonoton campichei, Pithonoton hypocritum, Pithonoton incisum, Pithonoton iyonofutanajima, Pithonoton laevimarginatum, Pithonoton lluismariaorum, Pithonoton marginatum, Pithonoton moutieri, Pithonoton obtusum, Pithonoton rotundum, Pithonoton rusticum, Pithonoton serratum, Pithonoton simplex, Prosopon (Pithonoton) gibbosum, Prosopon (Pithonoton) quadratum
Type specimen: NPL31155. Its type locality is Quarry west of Mexia, which is in a Danian marine claystone in the Wills Point Formation of Texas.
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution: found only at Quarry west of Mexia
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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