New raninid crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura) from the late Maastrichtian of the Netherlands

  • Rene H.B. Fraaye Geo Centrum Brabant, St. Lambertusweg 4, 5283 VL Boxtel, the Netherlands
  • Barry W.M. van Bakel Heufkens 519, 5403 LW Uden, the Netherlands
Keywords: Raninidae, new taxa, evolution

Abstract

Three new raninid crabs, Lyreidina pyriformis gen. n., sp. n., Raniliformis chevrona sp. n., and Raniliformis prebaltica sp. n., are described from the Maastrichtian type area (SE Netherlands). The new genuslyreidina is the third member within the subfamily Lyreidinae Guinot 1993, and the first anterolateral-spines-lacking representative from the Cretaceous. The evolutionary development of the genus Raniliformis Jagt, Collins & Fraaye (1993) seems to include a continuous lineage occlusa-prebaltica-baltica. R. chevrona is considered as an offshoot.

Published
1998-01-01
How to Cite
Rene H.B. Fraaye, & Barry W.M. van Bakel. (1998). New raninid crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura) from the late Maastrichtian of the Netherlands. Netherlands Journal of Geosciences, 76, 293-299. Retrieved from https://njgjournal.nl/index.php/njg/article/view/12312
Issue
Volume 76 - 1997/1998
Section
Regular paper
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