Mesostylus pervesleri Hyžný and Summesberger 2019 (decapod)

Malacostraca - Decapoda

Full reference: M. Hyžný and H. Summesberger. 2019. A new species of Mesostylus (Decapoda, Axiidea, Callianassidae) - A peep into the private life of a Late Cretaceous burrowing shrimp. Cretaceous Research 101:108-123

Belongs to Mesostylus according to M. Hyžný and H. Summesberger 2019

Sister taxon: Mesostylus mortoni

Type specimen: NHMW 2002z0181/0115, a claw (chela)

Ecology: infaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Muthmannsdorf Abandoned Quarry (Cretaceous of Austria)

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