Original paper
Earliest known Porcellanidae (Decapoda: Anomura: Galatheoidea) (Jurassic: Tithonian)
Schweitzer, Carrie E.; Feldmann, Rodney M.
Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen Band 258 Heft 2 (2010), p. 243 - 248
published: Nov 1, 2010
DOI: 10.1127/0077-7749/2010/0096
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Abstract
Jurellana tithonia n. sp. is the earliest known Porcellanidae, from the Tithonian Ernstbrunn Limestone, Austria. Porcellanids are well-known from the fossil record, already having been described from Cretaceous, Eocene, and Neogene rocks. Their occurrence in the Jurassic is not surprising, because the Infraorder Anomura, to which they belong, is the sister to the Brachyura, well known from Jurassic occurrences.
Keywords
porcellanidae • anomura • jurassic • ernstbrunn limestone • tithonian • phylogeny