Malacostraca - Decapoda - Erymidae
Full reference: G. L. Miller and S. R. Ash. 1988. The oldest freshwater decapod crustacean, from the Triassic of Arizona. Palaeontology 31:273-279
Belongs to Enoploclytia according to G. L. Miller and S. R. Ash 1988
Sister taxa: Enoploclytia (Palaeastacus), Enoploclytia armata, Enoploclytia augustobonae, Enoploclytia collignoni, Enoploclytia edwardsi, Enoploclytia eocenica, Enoploclytia gardnerae, Enoploclytia gigantea, Enoploclytia granulicauda, Enoploclytia imagei, Enoploclytia leachi, Enoploclytia leachii, Enoploclytia minor, Enoploclytia salviensis, Enoploclytia sculpta, Enoploclytia seitzi, Enoploclytia sussexiensis, Enoploclytia tenuidigitata, Enoploclytia tepeyacensis, Enoploclytia terrareginae, Enoploclytia triglypta, Enoploclytia tumimanus, Enoploclytia wenoensis, Enoploclytia wintoni
Type specimen: PEFO 2991, a carapace. Its type locality is Locality PF5, Petrified Forest, which is in a Tuvalian floodplain mudstone in the Chinle Formation of Arizona.
Ecology: infaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Locality PF5, Petrified Forest
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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