Aenigmacaris minima Schram and Schram 1979 (arthropod)

Malacostraca - Aeschronectida - Aenigmacarididae

Full reference: F. R. Schram and J. M. Schram. 1979. Some shrimp of the Madera Formation (Pennsylvanian) Manzanita Mountains, New Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 53(1):169-174

Belongs to Aenigmacaris according to F. R. Schram and J. M. Schram 1979

See also Klompmaker et al. 2025

Sister taxon: Aenigmacaris cornigerum

Type specimen: Its type locality is Kinney Clay Pit (USNM coll), which is in a Kasimovian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal mudstone in the Madera Formation of New Mexico

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore

Distribution: found only at Kinney Clay Pit (USNM coll)

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