Tzeltalpenaeus exilichelatus Garassino et al. 2013 (decapod)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Penaeidae

Full reference: A. Garassino, F.J. Vega, L. S.R.S. Calvillo-Canadell Cevallos-Ferriz and M.A. Coutiño. 2013. New decapod crustacean assemblage from the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of Chiapas, Mexico. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Abhandlung 269(3):261-270

Belongs to Tzeltalpenaeus according to A. Garassino et al. 2013

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IHNFG-4717. Its type locality is El Chango Quarry, which is in a Cenomanian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal dolomite in the Cintalapa Formation of Mexico.

Ecology: infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at El Chango Quarry

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