Malacostraca - Decapoda - Munidopsidae

Full reference: T. G. Nyborg, A. Garassino, A. De Angeli and R. L. M. Ross. 2015. A new squat lobster (Crustacea, Anomura, Munidopsidae) from the Middle-Late Eocene of British Columbia (Canada). Neus Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie, Abhandlungen 275(3):357-361

Belongs to Munidopsis according to H. Karasawa 2020

See also Nyborg et al. 2015

Sister taxa: Munidopsis bispinoculata, Munidopsis edwardsii, Munidopsis foersteri, Munidopsis kaedetatsuyai, Munidopsis kensleyi, Munidopsis lieskovensis, Munidopsis marginata, Munidopsis palmuelleri, Munidopsis proales, Munidopsis rostrata, Munidopsis salinaria, Munidopsis scabrosa, Munidopsis serricornis, Munidopsis subsquamosa, Munidopsis tasmaniae, Munidopsis treis, Munidopsis verrilli, Munidopsis victoriae

Type specimen: 2013.72.1 (CDM047), an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Via Appia Beds, which is in a Ypresian marine mudstone in the Via Appia Beds Formation of Canada.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Via Appia Beds

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.