Publication Date:
2024-01-12
Description:
Oxfordian (Upper Jurassic) siliceous sponge-microbial reef strata in the southern Polish Uplands around Krak\xc3\xb3w have recently yielded two types of sixth abdominal tergites of pylochelid paguroids. We here add a third one, Pylochelitergites exspectatus sp. nov. These small-sized, operculiform remains have a high preservation potential and thus allow us to document the geological history of two families of symmetrical hermit crabs, the Pylochelidae and Parapylochelidae, in some detail.
Keywords:
hermit crabs
;
taxonomy
;
new taxon
;
Oxfordian
Repository Name:
National Museum of Natural History, Netherlands
Type:
info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Format:
application/pdf
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