Decapodes nouveaux de la partie ouest du Senegal

Abstract

Describes decapods (including new species) from Cretaceous and lower Tertiary deposits of western Senegal, French West Africa.

Utility of Proxy Characters for Classification of Fossils: An Example From the Fossil Xanthoidea (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura)

“…Discussion. -Remy and Tessier (1954) described Palaeocar pilius straeleni from Eocene rocks of Senegal. Guinot (1968a) noted that P. straeleni more closely resembled Ocalina than Pa laeocarpilius.…”

“…The designation and application of proxy characters of the dorsal carapace for fossil xanthoids needs to be extended to other fossil xanthoids that currently are placed within the Goneplacidae, Eriphiidae, FIGURE 2-Representatives of the Carpiliidae. 7, Eocarpilius blowi Feldmann et al, 1998, dorsal carapace of holotype, CM 36026; 2, Ocalina straeleni (Remy and Tessier, 1954), dorsal carapace of holotype, R.03810, from the lower Lutetian of Senegal, photograph provided by the MNHN, Paris; 3, Eocarpilius blowi Feldmann et al, 1998, anterior view of holotype, CM 36026; 4, Proxicarpilius sp., Eocene of Pakistan, uncataloged material of the University of Michigan; 5, Ocalina floridana Rathbun, 1929, dorsal carapace of holotype, USNM 370956, digital image of Rathbun, 1929, pi. 1, fig.…”

“…discussed some of these problems and suggested the referral of several species of Zanthopsis to other genera. Zanthopsis is herein restricted to only those species con forming to the diagnosis and description presented here, which Remy and Tessier, 1954 Zanthopsis bartholomaensis Rathbun, 1919 Zanthopsis bittneri Lflrenthey, 1898 Zanthopsis brasiliana Maury, 1930 Zanthopsis bruckmanni von Meyer, 1862 Zanthopsis carolinensis Rathbun, 1935Z. lutugini Likharev, 1917 Zanthopsis rathbunae sensu Kooser and Orr, 1973 (junior synonym of Z. rathbunae Maury, 1930) Zanthopsis rathbunae Maury, 1930 Zanthopsis sonthofenensis von Meyer, 1862 Zanthopsis sternbergi Rathbun, 1926 Zanthopsis terryi Rathbun, 1937 Zanthopsis tridentata von Meyer, 1862 Zanthopsis vulgaris Rathbun, 1926 Remia new genus Eriosachila Blow and Manning, 1996Harpactoxanthopsis Via, 1959Palaeoxanthopsis Beurlen, 1958 this paper Schweitzer, Feldmann et al, 2002this paper Beurlen, 1958 this paper this paper Via, 1969Schweitzer and Feldmann, 2000aSchweitzer and Feldmann, 2000athis paper Bishop, 1988Blow and Manning, 1996this paper Schweitzer et al, 2000 are based upon the type and very similar species.…”

A new classification of the Xanthoidea sensu lato (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) based on phylogenetic analysis and traditional systematics and evaluation of all fossil Xanthoidea sensu lato

“…Superfamily Cancroidea Latreille, 1802 Family Cancridae Latreille, 1802 Subfamily Cancrinae Latreille, 1802 Genus Cancer Linnaeus, 1758 Cancer pagurus Linnaeus, 1758Genus Romaleon Gistel, 1848 Romaleon gibbosulus (De Haan, 1833) Superfamily Xanthoidea MacLeay, 1838 Family Carpiliidae Ortmann, 1893 Genus Carpilius Leach in Desmarest, 1823 Carpilius maculatus (Linnaeus, 1758) Carpilius convexus (Forskål, 1775) Family Zanthopsidae Vía, 1959 Genus Harpactoxanthopsis Vía, 1959 Harpactoxanthopsis lutugini (Likharev, 1917) Family Palaeoxanthopsidae Schweitzer, 2003a Genus Lobulata Lobulata lobulata (Feldmann et al, 1995) Genus Paraverrucoides Schweitzer, 2003a Paraverrucoides alabamensis (Rathbun, 1935) Genus Remia Schweitzer, 2003a Remia africana (Remy and Tessier, 1954) Family Tumidocarcinidae Schweitzer, 2005a Genus Pulalius Schweitzer et al, 2000 Pulalius dunhamorum Schweitzer et al, 2000Genus Tumidocarcinus Glaessner, 1960 Tumidocarcinus giganteus Glaessner, 1960Genus Xanthilites Bell, 1858 Xanthilites bowerbanki Bell, 1858 Family Pilumnoididae Guinot and Macpherson, 1987 Genus Pilumnoides H. Milne Edwards and Lucas, 1843 Pilumnoides perlatus (Poeppig, 1836) Family Pilumnidae Samouelle, 1819 Subfamily Pilumninae Samouelle, 1819 Genus Pilumnus Leach, 1815 Pilumnus vespertilio (Fabricius, 1793) Subfamily Halimedinae Alcock, 1898 Genus Halimede De Haan, 1833 Halimede ochtodes (Herbst, 1783) Family Domeciidae Ortmann, 1893 Genus Domecia Eydoux and Souleyet, 1842 Domecia glabra Alcock, 1899Family Trapeziidae Miers, 1886 Genus Trapezia…”

Paracapsulapagurus poponguinensis, a new hermit crab (Decapoda, Anomura, Paguroidea) from the Maastrichtian of Senegal

“…Fossil decapods of Senegal are poorly known. Tessier (1952), Remy and Tessier (1954), and Gorodiski and Remy (1959) described several brachyuran species from Maastrichtian, Paleocene, and Eocene Senegalese deposits and reported on some unidentified callianassid claws. Recently, new decapod material from the middle to upper Maastrichtian of the Cap de Naze, Poponguine in Senegal (Fig.…”