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A new carcineretid crab (upper Turonian, Cretaceous) of Colombia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2015

Rodney M. Feldmann  and
Tomas Villamil
Rodney M. Feldmann
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 44242,
Tomas Villamil
Affiliation:
Ecopetrol Bogota, Bogota, Colombia,
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Abstract

A single large specimen of carcineretid crab from the Cretaceous Puerto Romero unit of Colombia constitutes the basis for a new species, Ophthalmoplax triambonatus. A re-diagnosis of the Carcineretidae results in the assignment of five genera to the family: Carcineretes Withers, 1922; Branchiocarcinus Vega, Feldmann, and Sour-Tovar, 1995; Mascaranada Vega and Feldmann, 1991; Ophthalmoplax Rathbun, 1935; and Woodbinax Stenzel, 1952. The cross-sectional profile of O. triambonatus suggests that it was a back-burrower, rather than an active swimmer.

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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 76 , Issue 4 , July 2002 , pp. 718 - 724
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