Dysopodus gezei Schädel et al. 2025 (isopod)

Malacostraca - Isopoda

Full reference: M. Schädel, D. Azar, L. El Hajj, S. Maksoud, and N. Robin. 2025. A 125 million-year-old freshwater isopod shines new light on the origin of subterranean freshwater species. Royal Society Open Science 12(241512)

Belongs to Dysopodus according to M. Schädel et al. 2025

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: CRU 63124/1, a carapace. Its type locality is Jdeidet Bkassine, which is in a Barremian lacustrine sandstone in Lebanon.

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore

Distribution: found only at Jdeidet Bkassine

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