Malacostraca - Isopoda - Cirolanidae
Full reference: T. E. Bowman. 1971. Palaega lamnae, new species (Crustacea: Isopoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of Texas. Journal of Paleontology 45:540-541
Belongs to Palaega according to R. W. Wieder and R. M. Feldmann 1992
See also Bowman 1971
Sister taxa: Palaega carteri, Palaega catulloi, Palaega furcillanatis, Palaega goedertorum, Palaega guadalupensis, Palaega jurassica, Palaega kakatahi, Palaega pumila, Palaega rugosa, Palaega williamsonensis, Palaega yamadai
Type specimen: USNM 169409, a carapace. Its type locality is White Rock Creek, Dallas-Collin county line, which is in a Coniacian carbonate chalk in the Austin Chalk Formation of Texas.
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore
Distribution: found only at White Rock Creek, Dallas-Collin county line
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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