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New record of crabs and lobsters from the Early Cretaceous (Albian) of Haute-Marne, France

  • 1. Centre de Recherche en Paléontologie – Paris (CR2P, UMR 7207), MNHN, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, 57 rue Cuvier, F-75231 Paris, cedex 05 (France)
  • 2. Department of Earth and Biological Sciences, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, 92350 CA (United States)
  • 3. Allée Élisa Deroche, F-51000 Châlons-en-Champagne (France)

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Charbonnier, Sylvain, Garassino, Alessandro, Devillez, Julien, Brochet, Richard (2026): New record of crabs and lobsters from the Early Cretaceous (Albian) of Haute-Marne, France. Geodiversitas 48 (8): 145-157, DOI: 10.5252/geodiversitas2026v48a8

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