†Vasconilia zapotitlanensis Klompmaker et al. 2022 (decapod)
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Malacostraca - Decapoda - Catillogalatheidae
Full reference: A. A. Klompmaker, C. M. Robins, S. L. Jakobsen and E. Sheldon. 2022. Systematics of 12 Jurassic, Cretaceous, and Paleogene squat lobster taxa (Galatheoidea). Journal of Paleontology 96:1087-1110
Belongs to Vasconilia according to A. A. Klompmaker et al. 2022
Sister taxa: Vasconilia miyakoensis, Vasconilia ruizi, Vasconilia straeleni, Vasconilia xystosa
Type specimen: IGM-11373, a carapace. Its type locality is El Ojito, San Antonio Texcala, which is in a Barremian carbonate marl in the Zapotitlán Formation of Mexico.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at El Ojito, San Antonio Texcala
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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