Meridecaris ladinica 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

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

See also Stockar and Garassino 2013

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MCSN 8443, a carapace. Its type locality is Valle di Sceltrich, bed 9, which is in a Fassanian carbonate lime mudstone in the Meride Formation of Switzerland.

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Valle di Sceltrich, bed 9

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