Malacostraca - Decapoda - Pilumnidae
Full reference: R. M. Feldmann, C. E. Schweitzer, and A. Encinas. 2005. New decapods from the Navidad Formation (Miocene) of Chile. Journal of Crustacean Biology 25(3):427-449
Belongs to Pilumnus according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2022
See also Feldmann et al. 2005, Luque et al. 2017 and Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Pilumnus borradailei, Pilumnus fookimensis, Pilumnus hirtellus, Pilumnus lunatus, Pilumnus mediterraneus, Pilumnus olivellai, Pilumnus pannosus, Pilumnus ristorii, Pilumnus sayi, Pilumnus scaber, Pilumnus spinossimus, Pilumnus subequus, Pilumnus villosissimus
Type specimen: SGO.PI.6331. Its type locality is Cucao, Chiloe Island (Feldmann locality), which is in a Burdigalian marine siliciclastic in the Lacui Formation of Chile.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Chile (5 collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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