A New Squat Lobster (Decapoda: Anomura: Galatheoidea) from the Pliocene Purisima Formation, California

Rodney M. Feldmann; Carrie E. Schweitzer; Robert W. Boessenecker

doi:10.2992/007.083.0202

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Rodney M. Feldmann,¹ Carrie E. Schweitzer,² Robert W. Boessenecker³

¹[Research Associate, Section of Invertebrate Paleontology, Carnegie Museum of Natural History] Department of Geology, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 44242 rfeldman@kent.edu
²[Research Associate, Section of Invertebrate Paleontology, Carnegie Museum of Natural History] Department of Geology, Kent State University at Stark, 6000 Frank Avenue NW, North Canton, Ohio 44720 cschweit@kent.edu
³Department of Geology, University of Otago, 360 Leith Walk, Dunedin, New Zealand 9054 robert.boessenecker@otago.ac.nz

Abstract

Specimens of tiny galatheoid squat lobsters from the Miocene-Pliocene Purisima Formation exposed near Santa Cruz, California form the basis for description of a new species, Munida prolata. The discovery is only the sixth fossil occurrence of Munida Leach, 1820, and the ninth reported occurrence of Galatheoidea in North America. The specimens are preserved within concretions containing numerous fragments of the squat lobsters along with decapod coprolites that may have been produced by M. prolata.

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Rodney M. Feldmann, Carrie E. Schweitzer, and Robert W. Boessenecker "A New Squat Lobster (Decapoda: Anomura: Galatheoidea) from the Pliocene Purisima Formation, California," Annals of Carnegie Museum 83(2), 85-93, (15 November 2015). https://doi.org/10.2992/007.083.0202

Published: 15 November 2015

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