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Article: A new decapod crustacean faunule from the Middle Jurassic of north-west France

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 52
Part: 6
Publication Date: November 2009
Page(s): 1275 1289
Author(s): Catherine Cronier and Pierre-Yves Boursicot
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CRONIER, C., BOURSICOT, P. 2009. A new decapod crustacean faunule from the Middle Jurassic of north-west France. Palaeontology52, 6, 1275–1289.

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Abstract

Decapod crustacean material collected recently from the lower Callovian (Middle Jurassic) in Maine-et-Loire (north-west France) comprises two new species of prosopid and one new species of tanidromitid crabs, of the genera Nodoprosopon and Tanidromites, respectively. Also represented in this faunule is a probable paguroid anomuran, in the form of isolated chelae here assigned to the genus Orhomalus, as well as appendicular remains of unknown affinity; some of the latter might belong to prosopid crabs. These anomurans and brachyurans co-occur with a diverse benthic fauna in limestones with abundant iron ooids; their main interest lies in the fact that they add valuable data to the rather poor record of Middle Jurassic decapod crustaceans.
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