Malacostraca - Decapoda - Axiidae
Full reference: T. Nyborg, M. Hyžný, and J. W. Haggart. 2023. On the occurrence of a burrowing lobster (Malacostraca: Decapoda: Axiidea) from the Upper Cretaceous Cedar District Formation, Little Sucia Island, Washington State, with a description of a new genus. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologe 309(2)
Parent taxon: Axiidae according to T. Nyborg et al. 2023
Sister taxa: Acanthaxius, Aperiopyxis, Aptaxiopsis, Axiopsis, Axius, Calocarides, Coralaxiinae, Cretaxiopsis, Devonoaxius, Dorphinaxius, Etallonia, Hinecaris, Huxleycaris, Libanoaxius, Magila, Megachela, Paraxiopsis, Protaxius, Reschia, Schlueteria, Schluteria
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: infaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (2: Washington collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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