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Lithophylax trigeri A. Milne-Edwards & Brocchi, 1879 from the French Cretaceous (Cenomanian) and placement of the family Lithophylacidae Van Straelen, 1936 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura)

  • 1. Département Milieux et Peuplements aquatiques, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, case postale 53, 57 rue Cuvier, F-75231 Paris cedex 05 (France) guinot@mnhn.fr
  • 2. Laboratoire Géosciences, Université de Rennes I, campus de Beaulieu, 263 avenue du Général-Leclerc, F-35042 Rennes cedex (France) gerardbreton@free.fr

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Guinot, Danièle, Breton, Gérard (2006): Lithophylax trigeri A. Milne-Edwards & Brocchi, 1879 from the French Cretaceous (Cenomanian) and placement of the family Lithophylacidae Van Straelen, 1936 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura). Geodiversitas 28 (4): 591-633, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4665480

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