Autrigoniscus

Autrigoniscus
Temporal range: Albian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Suborder: Oniscidea
Family: Trichoniscidae
Genus: †Autrigoniscus
Sánchez-García, Peñalver, Delclos & Engel, 2021
Species:
†A. resinicola
Binomial name
†Autrigoniscus resinicola
Sánchez-García, Peñalver, Delclos & Engel, 2021

Autrigoniscus resinicola is an extinct species of terrestrial isopod crustacean from the Albian of Spain. It is the only species in the genus Autrigoniscus.

Paleoecology and distribution

Autrigoniscus resinicola was described from 3 amber fossils from the Basque-Cantabrian Basin of northern Spain. All three specimens were presumably male and one specimen had potential remnants of the digestive tract.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Sánchez-García, A.; Peñalver, E.; Delclos, X.; Engel, M. S. (August 6, 2021). "Terrestrial Isopods from Spanish Amber (Crustacea: Oniscidea): Insights into the Cretaceous Soil Biota". American Museum Novitates (3974): 1–32. doi:10.1206/3974.1. hdl:10550/111893. ISSN 1937-352X. OCLC 47720325.
  2. ↑ Schotte M, Boyko CB, Bruce NL, Poore GC, Taiti S, Wilson GD (eds.). "Autrigoniscus Sánchez-García, Peñalver, Delclos & Engel, 2021 †". World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans Database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 20 August 2026.