Original paper

Meridecaris ladinica n. gen. n. sp. (Crustacea, Decapoda, Clytiopsidae) from the Middle Triassic (Ladinian) of Monte San Giorgio (Canton Ticino, Switzerland)

Stockar, Rudolf; Garassino, Alessandro

Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen Band 270 Heft 3 (2013), p. 347 - 356

published: Dec 1, 2013

DOI: 10.1127/0077-7749/2013/0377

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Abstract

Meridecaris n. gen. with M. ladinica n. sp. (Clytiopsidae Beurlen, 1927) is described from a newly discovered fossiliferous level of the Ladinian (Middle Triassic) Meride Limestone of Monte San Giorgio in Switzerland. Meridecaris n. gen. represents the first reptant decapod from the Monte San Giorgio Fossillagerstätte and the only representative of the family Clytiopsidae reported to date from the Middle Triassic of Europe.

Keywords

clytiopsidae • crustacea • decapoda • ladinian • meride limestone • middle triassic • monte san giorgio • switzerland