Miocene fossil Decapoda (Crustacea: Brachyura) from Patagonia, Argentina, and their paleoecological setting

S. Casadio, R. M. Feldmann, A. Parras, and C. E. Schweitzer

2005

Article

Annals of Carnegie Museum 74(3):151-188

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Taxa discussed in this work:

• Aethridae
• Chaceon peruvianus
• Geryonidae
• Ocypode vericoncava
• Ocypodidae
• Osachila
• Osachila valdesensis
• Panopeidae
• Panopeus piramidensis
• Pisidae
• Proterocarcinus latus
• Rochinia
• Rochinia boschii
• Romaleon
• Romaleon parspinosus

Taxonomy:

• Chaceon peruvianus belongs to Chaceon - d'Orbigny (1842)
• Proterocarcinus latus belongs to Proterocarcinus - Glaessner (1933)
• Chaceon belongs to Geryonidae - Manning and Holthuis (1989)
• Panopeus piramidensis belongs to Panopeus - Casadio et al. (2005)
• Osachila belongs to Aethridae - Casadio et al. (2005)
• Osachila valdesensis belongs to Osachila - Casadio et al. (2005)
• Pisidae belongs to Brachyura - Casadio et al. (2005)
• Rochinia boschii belongs to Rochinia - Casadio et al. (2005)
• Romaleon parspinosus belongs to Romaleon - Casadio et al. (2005)
• Geryonidae belongs to Portunoidea - Casadio et al. (2005)
• Ocypode vericoncava belongs to Ocypode - Casadio et al. (2005)