Malacostraca - Isopoda - Cirolanidae

Full reference: N. L. Bruce, M. de Lourdes Serrano-Sánchez, G. Carbot-Chanona and F. J. Vega. 2021. New species of fossil Cirolanidae (Isopoda, Cymothoida) from the Lower Cretaceous (Aptian) Sierra Madre Formation plattenkalk dolomites of El Espinal quarries, Chiapas, SE Mexico. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 109(103285)

Belongs to Cirolana according to N. L. Bruce et al. 2021

Sister taxa: Cirolana bretoni, Cirolana centinelensis, Cirolana cranchii, Cirolana enigma, Cirolana feldmanni, Cirolana garassinoi, Cirolana longirostra, Cirolana makikihi, Cirolana summesbergeri, Cirolana titanophila

Type specimen: IHNFG-5945, a carapace. Its type locality is El Espinal Quarry, which is in an Aptian paralic claystone/limestone in the Sierra Madre Formation of Mexico.

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore

Distribution: found only at El Espinal Quarry

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