Armadilloniscus miocaenicus Broly 2018 (isopod)

Malacostraca - Isopoda - Detonidae

Full reference: P. Broly. 2018. Taxonomic names, in Diversity of the Crinocheta (Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscidea) from Early Miocene Chiapas amber, Mexico. Revista Méxicana de Ciencias Geológicas 35:203-214

Belongs to Armadilloniscus according to P. Broly 2018

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IHNFG-4990, a carapace. Its type locality is Mexican amber, Campo La Granja (IHNFG collection), which is in a Miocene terrestrial amber in the La Quinta Formation of Mexico.

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore

Distribution: found only at Mexican amber, Campo La Granja (IHNFG collection)

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