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A new glypheid lobster from the Late Cretaceous of Hawke's Bay, New Zealand

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 May 2016

Rodney M. Feldmann  and
Jeffrey D. Stilwell
Rodney M. Feldmann
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242 USA,
Jeffrey D. Stilwell
Affiliation:
School of Geosciences, Monash University, Clayton VIC 3800, Australia Australian Museum, 6 College Street, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia,
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Abstract

Recognition of a fossil previously identified as a “large Cretaceous beetle” as a glypheid lobster permits the definition of a new species, Glyphea wiffenae. The specimen was collected from the richly fossiliferous, Upper Cretaceous Maungataniwa Sandstone in eastern North Island, New Zealand. Several other fossil decapods with high southern latitude affinities have been described previously from the unit, supporting the placement of the Zealandia region within the Weddellian Biotic Province. This is only the fourth glypheid known from New Zealand and the first Cretaceous occurrence of the genus in the country.

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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 86 , Issue 1 , January 2012 , pp. 126 - 128
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