Tealliocaris elliotti Clark 2024 (arthropod)

Malacostraca - Eumalacostraca - Tealliocarididae

Full reference: N. D. L. Clark. 2024. New malacostracan crustaceans from the Lower Coal Measures (Langsettian, Carboniferous) north Lanarkshire, Scotland. Scottish Journal of Geology 60(sjg2024004)

Belongs to Tealliocaris according to N. D. L. Clark 2024

Sister taxa: Tealliocaris caudafimbriata, Tealliocaris etheridgii, Tealliocaris robusta, Tealliocaris walloniensis, Tealliocaris woodwardi

Type specimen: GLAHM 163391, a carapace. Its type locality is Polkemmet Colliery, Whitburn, which is in a Westphalian A fluvial-lacustrine shale in the Scottish Lower Coal Measures Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore

Distribution: found only at Polkemmet Colliery, Whitburn

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