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

Sergio Marangon,Antonio De Angeli

doi:10.5474/geologija.2020.008

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.

Highlights

From the 17th to 21st of June 2019 we organised the 7th Symposium on Mesozoic and Cenozoic Decapod Crustaceans in Ljubljana, with the assistance of the Geological Survey of Slovenia, the Museum of Natural History of Slovenia and the Department of Geology at the Faculty of Tokratna številka Geologije je posvečena novim dognanjem v raziskavah izumrlih fosilnih rakov deseteronožcev, ki so evolucijsko ena od najbolj uspešnih skupin večceličnih organizmov
A small team of palaeontologists is responsible for the rapid advancement of our knowledge of the evolution of decapods
The first meeting of the Working Group on Fossil Decapods was held at Montecchio Maggiore (Vicenza, Italy) in 2000 (First Workshop on Mesozoic and Tertiary Decapod Crustaceans, October 6-8, 2000)

Summary

Introduction

From the 17th to 21st of June 2019 we organised the 7th Symposium on Mesozoic and Cenozoic Decapod Crustaceans in Ljubljana, with the assistance of the Geological Survey of Slovenia, the Museum of Natural History of Slovenia and the Department of Geology at the Faculty of Tokratna številka Geologije je posvečena novim dognanjem v raziskavah izumrlih fosilnih rakov deseteronožcev, ki so evolucijsko ena od najbolj uspešnih skupin večceličnih organizmov. Kljub dobri povezanosti teh raziskovalcev preko spleta, pa je za izmenjavo izkušenj in primerjavo zadnjih izsledkov ključna tudi redna organizacija tematskih simpozijev o fosilnih deseteronožcih (Symposium on Mesozoic and Cenozoic Decapod Crustaceans / simpozij o mezozojskih in kenozojskih rakih deseteronožcih), ki jih organiziramo vsaka tri leta.

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