Venzia ypresiana Garassino et al. 2024 (shrimp)

Malacostraca - Decapoda

Full reference: A. Garassino, G. Pasini, L. Giusberti and P. Calzoni. 2024. A new decapod crustacean assemblage from the lower Eocene of Solteri (Trentino-Alto Adige region, northern Italy). Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana 63:275-287

Belongs to Venzia according to A. Garassino et al. 2024

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MUSE-PAL 6785, a carapace. Its type locality is Angelini quarry, Solteri, which is in a Ypresian basinal (carbonate) marl in the Chiusole Formation of Italy.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Angelini quarry, Solteri

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