Pseudopemphix albertii von Meyer 1840 (decapod)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Litogastroidae

Alternative combination: Pemphix albertii

Synonyms: Aspidogaster meyeri Alberti 1864, Pemphix meyeri Alberti 1864, Pseudopemphix fritschi Wüst 1903, Pseudopemphix fritschii Wüst 1903, Pseudopemphix meyeri Alberti 1864

Full reference: H. von Meyer. 1840. Neue Gattungen Fossiler Krebse aus Gebilden vom Bunten Sandstein bis in die Kreide 1-28

Belongs to Pseudopemphix according to R. M. Feldmann et al. 2015

See also Assmann 1927, Förster 1967, Schulz 2002, Schweitzer et al. 2010, Seebach 1871, von Meyer 1840 and Wüst 1903

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

  • Pseudopemphix albertii: SMNS 22109, a carapace. Its type locality is Horgen in Schwarzwalde, which is in a Bithynian carbonate limestone in the Freudenstadt Formation of Germany.
  • Pemphix meyeri: Its type locality is Schacht 2, Friedrichshall, which is in an Illyrian carbonate limestone in the Trochitenkalk Formation of Germany.
  • Pseudopemphix fritschii: Its type locality is Grossen Fallsteines, which is in an Illyrian/Fassanian carbonate limestone in the Meißner Formation of Germany.

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Triassic of Germany (12 collections)

Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence

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