Image: Brunnaega tomhurleyi Wilson, 2011

Fossil isopods found on a fossil fish skeleton

Photographer:

G.D.F. Wilson

Rights:

© Australian Museum

Illustrator:

G.D.F. Wilson

Rights:

© Australian Museum

Common name:

Fossil Isopod Crustacean

Scientific name:

Brunnaega tomhurleyi Wilson, 2011

Family:

Cirolanidae

Order:

Isopoda

Location:

part of fossil specimen South Australian Museum registration number P45652

Additional information

WILSON, G. D. F., PATERSON, J. R. and KEAR, B. P. 2011. 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.

Last Updated: 2 February 2012

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