Brunnaega labuttensis Wilson and Morel 2022 (pill bug)

Malacostraca - Isopoda - Cirolanidae

Full reference: G. D. F. Wilson and N. Morel. 2022. Isopod crustacean fossils from the Cenomanian stratotype: five new species in suborders Cymothoida, Asellota and Valvifera. Annales de Paléontologie 108(102538)

Belongs to Brunnaega according to G. D. F. Wilson and N. Morel 2022

Sister taxon: Brunnaega tomhurleyi

Type specimen: MHNLM 2003.1.10740, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is La Butte de Gazonfier, Le Mans (Sables et Grès du Mans), which is in a Cenomanian coastal claystone/sandstone in the Le Mans Formation of France.

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore

Distribution: found only at La Butte de Gazonfier, Le Mans (Sables et Grès du Mans)

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