NEW MALACOSTRACAN CRUSTACEA FROM THE CARBONIFEROUS (STEPHANIAN) LAGERSTÄTTE OF MONTCEAU-LES-MINES, FRANCE

Patrick R. Racheboeuf (1, 2) , Frederick R. Schram (3) , Muriel Vidal (1, 2)

1 LDO - Domaines Océaniques
2 UEB - Université européenne de Bretagne - European University of Brittany
3 Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture

Investigations of recently cracked concretions from the Carboniferous Montceau-les-Mines, France, Lagerstätte led to the recognition of two new malacostracan Crustacea: a palaeophreatoicid isopod, Sottyella montcellensis n. g., n. sp., and a gorgonophontid stomatopod, Chabardella spinosa n. g., n. sp. The occurrence of the palaeophreatoicid isopod Palaeocrangon is discussed, and a new specimen of the syncarid Palaeocaris secretanae allows us to clarify some of its morphological characters. The recognition of these taxa increases the faunal inventory of malacostracans in the Montceau-les-Mines Lagerstätte.

Domains: Paleontology

Patrick R. Racheboeuf, Frederick R. Schram, Muriel Vidal. NEW MALACOSTRACAN CRUSTACEA FROM THE CARBONIFEROUS (STEPHANIAN) LAGERSTÄTTE OF MONTCEAU-LES-MINES, FRANCE. Journal of Paleontology, 2009, 83 (4), pp.624-629. ⟨10.1666/08-171R.1⟩. ⟨insu-00429547⟩