Abstract

AHYONG, Shane T.; CHARBONNIER, Sylvain  and  GARASSINO, Alessandro. Squilla taulinanus n. sp. (Crustacea, Stomatopoda, Squillidae) from the Burdigalian (Miocene) of Taulignan, south-eastern France. Bol. Soc. Geol. Mex [online]. 2013, vol.65, n.2, pp.213-217. ISSN 1405-3322.

Mantis shrimps (Crustacea: Stomatopoda) are rather rare in the fossil record. Nineteen species have been assigned to Squillidae, of which 12 species have been recorded from the Miocene. We describe herein a squillid, Squilla taulinanus n. sp., from the Miocene of Taulignan, south-eastern France. The exceptionally well-preserved specimen is remarkable in apparently having abdominal somites 5-6 conjoined; such somatic abnormality is rare in stomatopods. A taxonomic reassessment of the fossil species assigned to Squilla is provided.

Keywords : Crustacea; Stomatopoda; Squillidae; Burdigalian; Miocene; France.

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