Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, 63(1) 2020

Issue:

VOL 63(1) 2020

DOI:

10.3409/azc.63.02

Keywords:

Brachyura, Prosopidae, Laeviprosopon, new species, Jurassic

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The oldest species of the genus Laeviprosopon (Decapoda: Brachyura: Prosopidae) from the Oxfordian of Poland.

• STARZYK N.

Abstract:

Till now the genus Laeviprosopon has comprised 12 species aged from the Late Jurassic to the end of the Early Cretaceous. Recently a new species was found in the Oxfordian locality of Polish Jura Chain, Laeviprosopon musialiki n. sp., described herein. Representatives of the genus Laeviprosopon are very rare in the Oxfordian localities of southern Poland. Laeviprosopon musialiki n. sp. is the oldest member of the genus.