Psammionassa Schweitzer et al. 2017 (decapod)

Malacostraca - Decapoda

Full reference: C. E. Schweitzer, R. M. Feldmann, B. S. Kues and E. K. Bridge. 2017. New Decapoda (Axiidea, Anomura, Brachyura) from the Turonian of New Mexico, USA. Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaeontologie Abhandlungen 284(1):89-115

Parent taxon: Axiidea according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2017

See also Schweitzer et al. 2023

Sister taxa: Anacalliacidae, Axiidae, Axioidea, Callianassidae, Callianassoidea, Callianideidae, Callianopsidae, Callichiridae, Ctenochelidae, Eucalliacidae, Mesostylus, Micheleidae, Paracalliacidae, Strahlaxiidae

Subtaxa: Psammionassa paromola

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Type: Psammionassa paromola

Ecology: infaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Tres Hermanos Decapods (Cretaceous of New Mexico)

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