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A redescription of a Maastrichtian lobster Hoploparia antarctica Wilckens, 1907 (Crustacea: Decapoda), from Chubut, Argentina

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 May 2016

M. B. Aguirre-Urreta ,
E. B. Olivero  and
F. A. Medina
M. B. Aguirre-Urreta
Affiliation:
1Departamento de Ciencias Geológicas, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Buenos Aires, 1428, Argentina
E. B. Olivero
Affiliation:
2CIRGEO, Centro de Investigaciones en Recursos Geológicos, Ramírez de Velasco 847, Buenos Aires, 1414, Argentina
F. A. Medina
Affiliation:
2CIRGEO, Centro de Investigaciones en Recursos Geológicos, Ramírez de Velasco 847, Buenos Aires, 1414, Argentina
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Abstract

The discovery of beautifully preserved specimens of a macruran decapod provides the basis for redescription of Hoploparia antarctica Wilckens, a hitherto poorly known species from the Campanian–Maastrichtian of the Austral basin of Southern Patagonia. Analyses of the associated molluscan fauna, trace fossils, and sedimentary structures indicate that the material is mostly preserved in calcareous sandstones and coquinas deposited in shallow, well-oxygenated environments. These new findings of H. antarctica in Maastrichtian deposits of the Lefipán Formation of Chubut expand the geographic distribution of the species and add a new element for the comparison of the Lefipán fauna with that of the austral Wedellian Province.

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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 65 , Issue 5 , September 1991 , pp. 795 - 800
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