Diplacanthocaris chaohuensis Ji et al. 2021 (crustacean)

Thylacocephala

Full reference: C. Ji, A. Tintori, D. Jiang, R. Motani, and F. Confortini. 2021. New Thylacocephala (Crustacea) assemblage from the Spathian (Lower Triassic) of Majiashan (Chaohu, Anhui Province, South China). Journal of Paleontology 95:305-319

Belongs to Diplacanthocaris according to C. Ji et al. 2021

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NIGPAS 171265, a carapace. Its type locality is Majiashan quarry, bed 605, which is in a Spathian basinal (siliciclastic) mudstone in the Nanlinghu Formation of China.

Ecology: nektobenthic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Majiashan quarry, bed 605

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