Malacostraca - Decapoda - Aegeridae

Alternative combination: Anisaeger spiniferus

Full reference: C. E. Schweitzer, R. M. Feldmann, S. X. Hu, J. Y. Huang, C. Y. Zhou, Q. Y. Zhang, W. Wen and T. Xie. 2014. Penaeoid Decapoda (Dendrobranchiata) from the Luoping biota (Middle Triassic) of China: systematics and taphonomic framework. Journal of Paleontology 88:457-474

Belongs to Acanthochirana according to C. P. A. Smith et al. 2022

See also Schweitzer et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Acanthochirana angulata, Acanthochirana cenomanica, Acanthochirana cordata, Acanthochirana krausei, Acanthochirana norica, Acanthochirana smithwoodwardi, Acanthochirana triassica, Acanthochirus longipes

Type specimen: LPI-40455, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Luoping biota (LPI collection), which is in a Pelsonian carbonate lime mudstone in the Guanling Formation of China.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Luoping biota (LPI collection)

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