Review of the Early Cretaceous erymid lobsters (Crustacea: Decapoda) from the Western Tethys

• Published in: Geodiversitas
• Main Authors: Devillez, Julien, Charbonnier, Sylvain, Hyžný, Matúš, Leroy, Lucien
• Other Authors: Centre de recherche sur la Paléobiodiversité et les Paléoenvironnements (CR2P), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Department of Geology and Palaeontology Bratislavia, Comenius University in Bratislava, Hameau de Taloire
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2016
• Subjects: lobster; Mesozoic; Western Europe; new combinations; new genus; new species; Crustacea; Erymidae; Europe occidentale; homard; Mésozoïque; lectotypification; combinaisons nouvelles; genre nouveau; espèces nouvelles; [SDU.STU.PG]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Paleontology; Antarctic; Homard; Antarc*; Antarctique*
• Online Access: https://hal.sorbonne-universite.fr/hal-01484509; https://hal.sorbonne-universite.fr/hal-01484509/document; https://hal.sorbonne-universite.fr/hal-01484509/file/Devillez_2016_Review_of_the_Early.pdf; https://doi.org/10.5252/g2016n4a4

International audience Erymid lobsters (Crustacea, Decapoda, Erymidae) are relatively common and abundant in Jurassic rocks (c. 70 species) but are far less common in the Early Cretaceous with about 20 species only listed in Europe, North America, South America, Australia, Antarctic, Japan, and Mada...