†Vasconilia miyakoensis Takeda and Fujiyama 1983 (decapod)
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Malacostraca - Decapoda - Catillogalatheidae
Alternative combination: Paragalathea miyakoensis
Full reference: M. Takeda and I. Fujiyama. 1983. Three Decapod Crustaceans from the Lower Cretaceous Miyako Group, Northern Japan. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Toyoko (4)129-136
Belongs to Vasconilia according to A. A. Klompmaker et al. 2022
See also Robins et al. 2016, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Takeda and Fujiyama 1983
Sister taxa: Vasconilia ruizi, Vasconilia straeleni, Vasconilia xystosa, Vasconilia zapotitlanensis
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Hiraiga formation of the Miyako Group (Cretaceous of Japan)
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