Oxyuropoda ligioides Carpenter and Swain 1908 (arthropod)

Malacostraca - Eumalacostraca

Full reference: G. H. Carpenter and I. Swain. 1908. A new Devonian isopod from Kiltorcan, County Kilkenny. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. Section B: Biological, Geological, and Chemical Science 27:61-67

Belongs to Oxyuropoda according to N. Robin et al. 2021

See also Carpenter and Swain 1908

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NMING : F7633, a carapace. Its type locality is Kiltorkan Quarry, which is in a Famennian fluvial siltstone in the Kiltorcan Formation of Ireland.

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore

Distribution: found only at Kiltorkan Quarry

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