†Brunnaega tomhurleyi Wilson 2011 (pill bug)
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Malacostraca - Isopoda - Cirolanidae
Full reference: G. D. F. Wilson. 2011. Taxonomic names, in Fossil isopods associated with a fish skeleton from the Lower Cretaceous of Queensland, Australia - direct evidence of a scavenging lifestyle in Mesozoic Cymothoida. Palaeontology 54:1053-1068
Belongs to Brunnaega according to G. D. F. Wilson 2011
Sister taxon: Brunnaega labuttensis
Type specimen: SAM P45651, a carapace. Its type locality is Canary Station, Boulia region, which is in an Albian marine horizon in the Toolebuc Formation of Australia.
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore
Distribution: found only at Canary Station, Boulia region
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