A new freshwater crab (Decapoda: Brachyura: Potamonautidae) from the Paleogene of Tanzania, Africa
Feldmann, Rodney M., O'Connor, Patrick M., Stevens, Nancy J., Gottfried, Michael D., Roberts, Eric M., Ngasala, Sifa, Rasmusson, Erin L., and Kapilima, Saidi (2007) A new freshwater crab (Decapoda: Brachyura: Potamonautidae) from the Paleogene of Tanzania, Africa. Neues Jahrbuch fuer Geologie und Palaeontologie. Abhandlungen , 244 (1). pp. 71-78.
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Abstract
Discovery of numerous fragmentary remains of freshwater crab in Paleogene, probably Oligocene, sediments in Tanzania, Africa, permits the description of a new genus and species, Tanzanonautes tuerkai. The fossils represent the oldest freshwater crabs known.
| Item ID: | 18167 |
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| Item Type: | Article (Research - C1) |
| ISSN: | 0077-7749 |
| Keywords: | decapoda; brachyura; potamonautidae; paleogene; freshwater; Tanzania; Africa |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Oct 2011 06:29 |
| FoR Codes: | 04 EARTH SCIENCES > 0403 Geology > 040308 Palaeontology (incl Palynology) @ 100% |
| SEO Codes: | 97 EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE > 970104 Expanding Knowledge in the Earth Sciences @ 100% |
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