Image: Fossil Isopod from China

Fossil Isopod from China

Protamphisopus baii Fu and Wilson n. sp., in lateral view, photographs of holotype. The whole body (top); the enlargement of pleotelson region (bottom left); the enlargement of head region (bottom right). Scale bar 1 mm.

Photographer:
Buz Wilson
Rights:
© Australian Museum
Common name:
fossil isopod
Scientific name:
Protamphisopus baii Fu & Wilson, 2010
Family:
Amphisopidae
Order:
Isopoda
Date taken:
26 February 2010

Additional information

See: Fu, W.-L., G. D. F. Wilson, et al. (2010). "A New Species of Protamphisopus Nicholls (Crustacea, Isopoda, Phreatoicidea) from Middle Triassic Luoping Fauna of Yunnan Province, China." Journal of Paleontology 84(5): 1003-1013.

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