Triassosculda Smith et al. 2023 (mantis shrimp)

Malacostraca - Stomatopoda

Full reference: C. P. A. Smith, S. Charbonnier, E. Fara and A. Brayard. 2023. Taxonomic names, in Closing a major gap in mantis shrimp evolution - first fossils of Stomatopoda from the Triassic. Bulletin of Geosciences 98:95-110

Parent taxon: Unipeltata according to C. P. A. Smith et al. 2023

Sister taxa: Bathysquilloidea, Erythrosquilloidea, Gonodactyloidea, Indosquillidae, Lysiosquilloidea, Pseudosculdidae, Sculdidae, Squilloidea, Verunipeltata

Subtaxa: Triassosculda ahyongi

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Type: Triassosculda ahyongi

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore

Distribution: found only at Paris Canyon (Paris Biota) (Triassic of Idaho)

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