New Zealand

Abstract The presence of Glyphea christeyi n. sp. in the Waihao Greensand, exposed along the Opihi River, South Canterbury, marks the geologically youngest occurrence of the genus in New Zealand and, perhaps, in the world. The only other Eocene report of Glyphea von Meyer is from Antarctica, also a...

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Main Authors: Rodney M. Feldmann, Phillip A. Maxwell
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Subjects:
Decapoda
Palinura
Glypheidae
Eocene
new species
New Zealand
Pacific
Antarc*
Antarctica
Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.654.8735
http://decapoda.nhm.org/pdfs/30425/30425.pdf
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Summary:Abstract The presence of Glyphea christeyi n. sp. in the Waihao Greensand, exposed along the Opihi River, South Canterbury, marks the geologically youngest occurrence of the genus in New Zealand and, perhaps, in the world. The only other Eocene report of Glyphea von Meyer is from Antarctica, also a high latitude occurrence. This discovery reinforces our contention that the sole extant member of the family, Neoglyphea inopinata Forest & de Saint Laurent, 1975, was derived from a species of Glyphea in the South Pacific region.

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