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Camarocarcinus Holland & Cvancara 1958

Description

Genus Camarocarcinus Holland & Cvancara, 1958

Camarocarcinus Holland & Cvancara, 1958: 499.

Type species. Camarocarcinus arnesoni Holland & Cvancara, 1958, by original designation.

Species included. Camarocarcinus arnesoni Holland & Cvancara, 1958, C. obtusus Jakobsen & Collins, 1979, and C. quinquetuberculatus Collins & Wienberg Rasmussen, 1992.

Material examined. Camarocarcinus arnesoni: well-preserved carapace, Paleocene, Cannonball Formation, Burleigh County, North Dakota (U.S.A.) (MGSB unregistered; Fig. 15E–G); C. quinquetuberculatus: holotype, carapace with thoracic sternum and mxp3, Paleocene, Turritellakløft Member, Agatdal Formation, central Nûgssuaq, West Greenland (MGUH 21.609; Fig. 15A–D).

Notes

Published as part of Van Bakel, Barry W. M., Guinot, Danièle, Artal, Pedro, Fraaije, René H. B. & Jagt, John W. M., 2012, A revision of the Palaeocorystoidea and the phylogeny of raninoidian crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Podotremata) 3215, pp. 1-216 in Zootaxa 3215 (1) on page 49, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3215.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5248640

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
MGSB
Family
Camarocarcinidae
Genus
Camarocarcinus
Kingdom
Animalia
Material sample ID
MGUH 21.609
Order
Decapoda
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Holland & Cvancara
Taxon rank
genus
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Camarocarcinus Holland, 1958 sec. Bakel, Guinot, Artal, Fraaije & Jagt, 2012

References

  • Holland Jr, F. D. & Cvancara, A. M. (1958) Crabs from the Cannonball Formation (Paleocene) of North Dakota. Journal of Paleontology, 32, 495 - 505, pl. 74.
  • Jakobsen, S. L. & Collins, J. S. H. (1979) Decapod Crustacea from the Palaeocene of Zealand, Denmark. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 90, 61 - 64.
  • Collins, J. S. H. & Wienberg Rasmussen, H. (1992) Upper Cretaceous-Lower Tertiary decapod crustaceans from West Greenland. Bulletin fra Gronlands geologiske Undersogelse, 162, 1 - 46.