A new homolid crab, Zygastrocarcinus tricki sp. nov., from the Pierre Shale (middle Campanian), Baculite Mesa, Pueblo County, Colorado, USA

Authors

  • Torrey Nyborg Department of Earth and Biological Sciences, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA 92354
  • Malcolm Bedell Western Interior Paleontological Society, Denver, CO
  • Alessandro Garassino Palaeontology Department, Natural History Museum, 55 Corso Venezia, 20121 Milan
  • Neal L. Larson Black Hills Museum of Natural History, Hill City, SD 57745
  • Gale A. Bishop Department of Geology and Geography, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, 30460

Keywords:

Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Late Cretaceous, Colorado, USA

Abstract

A new species of homolid crab, Zygastrocarcinus tricki sp. nov., is reported from the Late Cretaceous (middle Campanian, Baculites scotti Zone) of the Pierre Shale Formation (Baculite Mesa, Pueblo County, Colorado). This nearly complete homolid, hereto described is the sixth species assigned to the genus and extends our knowledge along with the geographical range and geological age of this taxon.

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Published

2016-12-23

Issue

Vol. 66 No. 4 (2016): William Aubrey "Bill" Cobban Memorial Volume Part 1

Section

Articles