A new homolid crab, Cherpihomola italica gen. nov., sp. nov. (Decapoda, Brachyura), from the Rupelian of the Ligure-Piemontese Basin (Alessandria, northern Italy)

Authors

  • Sergio Marangon
  • Antonio de Angeli

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5474/geologija.2020.008

Keywords:

Homolidae, lower Oligocene, southern Europe, new taxa

Abstract

A new genus and species of homolid from lower Oligocene (Rupelian) strata in the Ligure-Piemontese Basin (northern Italy) is introduced. Cherpihomola italica gen. nov., sp. nov. represents the first record of homolids from Oligocene deposits across Europe and extends the palaeogeographical distribution of extinct homolids.

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Published

30.06.2020

Issue

GEOLOGIJA 63/1 (2020)

Section

Articles

How to Cite

Marangon, S., & de Angeli, A. (2020). A new homolid crab, Cherpihomola italica gen. nov., sp. nov. (Decapoda, Brachyura), from the Rupelian of the Ligure-Piemontese Basin (Alessandria, northern Italy). Geologija, 63(1), 73-81. https://doi.org/10.5474/geologija.2020.008

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