TY - JOUR
T1 - A new hermit crab (Anomura, Paguroidea) from the middle Albian of Wissant, Pas-de-Calais (northern France)
AU - Fraaije, René H.B.
AU - van Bakel, Barry W.M.
AU - Jagt, John W.M.
AU - Wallaard, Jonathan J.W.
AU - De coninck, Luc
PY - 2023/2/28
Y1 - 2023/2/28
N2 - In strata of Albian age in northern and north-eastern France, paguroid anomurans are extremely rare. Here we add to the meagre record by erecting a new genus and species, Litorepagurus wissantensis, on the basis of a completely preserved left chela, inclusive of the moveable finger. This constitutes the third hermit crab taxon known to date from the lower and middle Albian of France, and is the first record from the Saint-Pô Formation at Wissant, Pas-de-Calais, having been collected from between phosphatic nodule levels P4 (Dimorphoplites niobe ammonite Zone; middle middle Albian) and P5 (Dipoloceras cristatum ammonite Zone; lowermost upper Albian). The new genus appears to be a descendant of the successful Early Jurassic–Early Cretaceous Palaeopagurus.
AB - In strata of Albian age in northern and north-eastern France, paguroid anomurans are extremely rare. Here we add to the meagre record by erecting a new genus and species, Litorepagurus wissantensis, on the basis of a completely preserved left chela, inclusive of the moveable finger. This constitutes the third hermit crab taxon known to date from the lower and middle Albian of France, and is the first record from the Saint-Pô Formation at Wissant, Pas-de-Calais, having been collected from between phosphatic nodule levels P4 (Dimorphoplites niobe ammonite Zone; middle middle Albian) and P5 (Dipoloceras cristatum ammonite Zone; lowermost upper Albian). The new genus appears to be a descendant of the successful Early Jurassic–Early Cretaceous Palaeopagurus.
KW - Paguridae
KW - Lower Cretaceous
KW - new taxon
KW - Saint-Pô Formation
KW - Europe
U2 - 10.1127/njgpa/2023/1117
DO - 10.1127/njgpa/2023/1117
M3 - Article
SN - 0077-7749
VL - 307
SP - 107
EP - 111
JO - Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen
JF - Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen
IS - 2
ER -