Aptanacalliax Ferratges et al. 2021 (decapod)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Anacalliacidae

Full reference: F.A. Ferratges, M. Hyzný, and S. Zamora. 2021. Taphonomy and systematics of decapod crustaceans from the Aptian (Lower Cretaceous) in the Oliete Sub-basin (Teruel, Spain). Cretaceous Research 122(104767)

Parent taxon: Anacalliacidae according to C.E. Schweitzer et al. 2023

See also Ferratges et al. 2021

Sister taxa: Anacalliax, Turbiocheir

Subtaxa: Aptanacalliax enigma

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Ecology: infaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Josa Collection 2 (Cretaceous of Spain)

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