Palaega yamadai Karasawa et al. 2008 (pill bug)

Malacostraca - Isopoda - Cirolanidae

Full reference: H. Karasawa, M. Ohara, and H. Kato. 2008. New records for Crustacea from the Arida Formation (Lower Cretaceous, Barremian) of Japan. Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana 60(1):101-110

Belongs to Palaega according to H. Karasawa et al. 2008

Sister taxa: Palaega carteri, Palaega catulloi, Palaega furcillanatis, Palaega goedertorum, Palaega guadalupensis, Palaega jurassica, Palaega kakatahi, Palaega lamnae, Palaega pumila, Palaega rugosa, Palaega williamsonensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Locality 1, Suhara, Yuasa-cho, which is in a Barremian coastal mudstone in the Arida Formation of Japan

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore

Distribution: found only at Locality 1, Suhara, Yuasa-cho

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