Mecochirus Germar (Decapoda: Glypheoidea) in the Lower Cretaceous of Queensland. Issue 4 (2nd October 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Jell, Peter A.; Woods, Jack T.; Cook, Alex G.
• Is Part Of: Alcheringa. Volume 41:Issue 4(2017)
• Page Start: 514
• Page End: 523
• Publication Date: 2017-10-02
• Subjects: Mecochirus -- Decapoda -- Glypheoidea -- Lower Cretaceous -- Queensland; Paleontology -- Australasia -- Periodicals; 560.99405
• DOI: 10.1080/03115518.2017.1318169
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0311-5518

Abstract

Abstract : JELL, P.A., WOODS, J.T. & COOK, A.G., May 2017. Mecochirus Germar (Decapoda: Glypheoidea) in the Lower Cretaceous of Queensland. Alcheringa 41, 514–523 ISSN 0311-5518. Three new species of glypheoid decapod crustaceans, Mecochirus mcclymontorum, M. bartholomaii and M. lanceolatus, are described from the late Aptian of the Eromanga, Carpentaria and Maryborough basins, respectively. The first two occur in the Doncaster Member of the Wallumbilla Formation and the last in the Maryborough Formation. This is the first record of Mecochirus Germar, 1827 or the Mecochiridae Van Straelen, 1925 in Australia and one of only a few Cretaceous occurrences of this largely Jurassic genus. Peter A. Jell [ [e-mail] ], Jack T. Woods and Alex G. Cook [ [e-mail] ], School of Earth Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia Queensland 4072, Australia.