Malacostraca - Decapoda - Varunidae
Full reference: C. E. Schweitzer and R. M. Feldmann. 2001. Differentiation of the fossil Hexapodidae Miers, 1886 (Decapoda: Brachyura) from similar forms. Journal of Paleontology 75(2):330-345
Belongs to Asthenognathus according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Casadio et al. 2004 and Schweitzer and Feldmann 2001
Sister taxa: Asthenognathus atlanticus, Asthenognathus cornishorum, Asthenognathus globosa, Asthenognathus hexagonum, Asthenognathus inaequipes, Asthenognathus laverdensis, Asthenognathus microspinus, Asthenognathus rakosensis
Type specimen: GHUNLPam 16832, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Estancia 25 de Mayo, which is in a Lutetian marine horizon in the Centinela Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: infaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Argentina (1 collection)
• Eocene of Argentina (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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