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Metanephrops jenkinsi n. sp. (Decapoda: Nephropidae) from the Cretaceous and Paleocene of Seymour Island, Antarctica

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 May 2016

Rodney M. Feldmann
Rodney M. Feldmann*
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Department of Geology, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 44242
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Abstract

Twenty-eight specimens of well-preserved macrurous decapod crustaceans, collected from the Lopez de Bertodano and Sobral Formations on Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula, form the basis for description of Metanephrops jenkinsi n. sp. Based upon associated cephalopods, foraminiferans, and palynomorphs, the age of the occurrences ranges from Maastrichtian to Paleocene. The discovery extends the range of the genus from the Pliocene into the Cretaceous and extends the southern limit of the geographic extent of the genus from New Zealand to Antarctica.

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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 63 , Issue 1 , January 1989 , pp. 64 - 69
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