Malacostraca - Isopoda - Sphaeromatidae
Full reference: M. Bárcena. 1876. Descripción de un crustáceo fósil del género Spheroma (Spheroma bukartii) y reseña geológica del Valle de Ameca de Jalisco. La Naturaleza 3:355-361
Belongs to Sphaeroma according to R. W. Wieder and R. M. Feldmann 1992
See also Bárcena 1876
Sister taxa: Sphaeroma gasparellai, Sphaeroma montefallanoense, Sphaeroma serratus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Ameca de Jalisco, 268 m depth, which is in a Pliocene/Pleistocene lacustrine limestone in Mexico
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Mexico (1 collection)
• Paleogene of Mexico (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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