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Harpactocarcinus from the Eocene of Istria, Croatia, and the paleoecology of the Zanthopsidae Via, 1959 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 August 2017

Carrie E. Schweitzer ,
Vlasta Ćosović  and
Rodney M. Feldmann
Carrie E. Schweitzer
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, Kent State University Stark Campus, Canton, Ohio 44720,
Vlasta Ćosović
Affiliation:
Department of Geology and Paleontology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Croatia,
Rodney M. Feldmann
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 44242,
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Abstract

Harpactocarcinus punctulatus istriensis Bachmayer and Nosan, 1959 is elevated to species level. Analysis of the larger foraminiferans associated with specimens of H. istriensis suggests a habitat preference for off-shore, clear, shelf environments below fair-weather wave base and an age of early to middle Lutetian (Eocene). A review of the paleoenvironmental indicators for nearly all species within the genera referred to the Zanthopsidae Via, 1959 suggests that all exhibit similar habitat preferences. Description of the paleoenvironmental preference for an entire extinct decapod family has not before been possible.

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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 79 , Issue 4 , July 2005 , pp. 663 - 669
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