Eoligiiscus tarraconensis Sánchez-García et al. 2021 (isopod)

Malacostraca - Isopoda - Ligiidae

Full reference: A. Sánchez-García, E. Peñalver, X. Delclòs and M. S. Engel. 2021. Terrestrial isopods from Spanish amber (Crustacea: Oniscidea): insights into the Cretaceous soil biota. American Museum Novitates 3974:1-32

Belongs to Eoligiiscus according to A. Sánchez-García et al. 2021

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MCNA 9751, a carapace. Its type locality is Peñacerrada outcrop I, which is in an Albian terrestrial amber in the Escucha Formation of Spain.

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore

Distribution: found only at Peñacerrada outcrop I

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