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.