Abstract

KARASAWA, Hiroaki; KATO, Hisayoshi  and  TERABE, Kazunobu. A new member of the Family Prosopidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) from the Lower Cretaceous of Japan. Rev. mex. cienc. geol [online]. 2006, vol.23, n.3, pp.344-349. ISSN 2007-2902.

A new genus and species (Decapoda: Brachyura: Prosopidae) is described from the lower Cretaceous Sebayashi Formation ofGunma Prefecture, Japan. It represents the second and oldest record of the Family Prosopidae from the North Pacific realm. A checklist of all known species of the Mesozoic Decapoda from Japan is included.

Keywords : Crustacea; Decapoda; Brachyura; Prosopidae; Cretaceous; Japan.

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