Meridecaris Stockar and Garassino 2013 (decapod)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Clytiopsidae

Full reference: R. Stockar and A. Garassino. 2013. Meridecaris ladinica n. gen. n. sp. (Crustacea, Decapoda, Clytiopsidae) from the Middle Triassic (Ladinian) of Monte San Giorgio (Canton Ticino, Switzerland). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 270:347-356

Parent taxon: Clytiopsidae according to R. M. Feldmann et al. 2015

See also Stockar and Garassino 2013

Sister taxa: Clytiella, Clytiopsis, Koryncheiros, Paraclytiopsis

Subtaxa: Meridecaris ladinica

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Type: Meridecaris ladinica

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Valle di Sceltrich, bed 9 (Triassic of Switzerland)

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