Protomunida bennickei Klompmaker et al. 2022 (decapod)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Munididae

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 Protomunida according to A. A. Klompmaker et al. 2022

Sister taxa: Protomunida eurekantha, Protomunida kambuehelensis, Protomunida munidoides, Protomunida pentacantha, Protomunida pentaspinosa, Protomunida primaeva, Protomunida spitzbergica

Type specimen: OESM 11213, a carapace. Its type locality is Hesnæs beach erratics, which is in a Danian carbonate limestone in Denmark.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Hesnæs beach erratics

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