Aratidecthes johnsoni Schram 1969 (arthropod)

Malacostraca - Aeschronectida - Aratidecthidae

Full reference: F.R. Schram. 1969. Some Middle Pennsylvanian Hoplocarida (Crustacea) and their phylogenetic significance. Fieldiana Geology 12:235-289

Belongs to Aratidecthes according to F.R. Schram 1969

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Garrard Quarry, levels 5 and 6, Mecca fauna, which is in a Moscovian marginal marine shale in the Staunton Formation of Indiana

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore

Distribution: found only at Garrard Quarry, levels 5 and 6, Mecca fauna

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