A new freshwater crab (Decapoda: Brachyura: Potamonautidae) from the Paleogene of Tanzania, Africa
Feldmann, Rodney M., O'Connor, Patrick M., Stevens, Nancy J., Gottfried, Michael D., Roberts, Eric M., Ngasala, Sifa, Rasmusson, Erin L., and Kapilima, Saidi (2007) A new freshwater crab (Decapoda: Brachyura: Potamonautidae) from the Paleogene of Tanzania, Africa. Neues Jahrbuch fuer Geologie und Palaeontologie. Abhandlungen , 244 (1). pp. 71-78.
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DOI: 10.1127/0077-7749/2007/0244-0071
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Abstract
Discovery of numerous fragmentary remains of freshwater crab in Paleogene, probably Oligocene, sediments in Tanzania, Africa, permits the description of a new genus and species, Tanzanonautes tuerkai. The fossils represent the oldest freshwater crabs known.
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| Item Type: | Article (Refereed Research - C1) |
| Keywords: | decapoda; brachyura; potamonautidae; paleogene; freshwater; Tanzania; Africa |
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