Malacostraca - Decapoda - Polychelidae
Full reference: M. B. Aguirre-Urreta, L. A. Buatois, G. C. B. Chernoglasov and F. A. Medina. 1990. First Polychelidae (Crustacea, Palinura) from the Jurassic of Antarctica. Antarctic Science 2:157-162
Belongs to Antarcticheles according to R. M. Feldmann et al. 2013
See also Aguirre-Urreta et al. 1990 and Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: CIRGEO 1248, a carapace. Its type locality is Sharp Valley near Stoneley Point, which is in a Kimmeridgian/Tithonian marine shale in the Ameghino Formation of Antarctica.
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Antarctica (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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