Eodollocaris keithflinti Laville et al. 2021 (crustacean)

Thylacocephala

Full reference: T. Laville, J. T. Haug, and C. Haug. 2021. New species of Thylacocephala, Eodollocaris keithflinti n. gen., n. sp., from the Mazon Creek Lagerstätte, Illinois, United States (c. 307 Ma) and redescription of other Mazon Creek thylacocephalans. Geodiversitas 43:295-310

Belongs to Eodollocaris according to T. Laville et al. 2021

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: ROMIP61586, a carapace. Its type locality is Mazon Creek (ROM collection), which is in a Westphalian D deltaic mudstone in the Carbondale Formation of Illinois.

Ecology: nektobenthic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Mazon Creek (ROM collection)

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