Angarestia australensis Feldmann et al. 1993 (decapod)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Glypheidae

Alternative combination: Glyphea australensis

Full reference: R. M. Feldmann, D. M. Tshudy, and M. R. A. Thomson. 1993. Late Cretaceous and Paleocene decapod crustaceans from James Ross Basin, Antarctic Peninsula. The Paleontological Society Memoir 28:1-41

Belongs to Angarestia according to R. M. Feldmann et al. 2015

See also Feldmann et al. 1993 and Schweitzer et al. 2010

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: BAS IN.2236, a carapace. Its type locality is Locality 10, Western San José Pass, which is in a Campanian marine siliciclastic in the Santa Marta Formation of Antarctica.

Ecology: infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Antarctica (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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