Description

Early Cretaceous (Berriasian)

Jiulongsong Member – Chaomidianzi Formation

Liaoning Province, China

7mm freshwater peracarid crustacean on 80mm slab. First we have ever seen.

Arthropod. Crustacean.

Liaoningogriphus is a genus of crustacean of the Superorder Peracarida, a group that includes amphipods, isopods, and some shrimp-like forms.  So far, it’s known only from the Early Cretaceous of China.

This specimen is for the collector who wants one of everything from Liaoning.