Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum Vol. 51, No. 1
A new species of Distefania Checchia-Rispoli, 1917 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura), from the mid-Cretaceous of Iberia
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Published: 2024/5/17 Page: 5–14
A new species of Distefania Checchia-Rispoli, 1917, is described from the upper Cenomanian (Upper Cretaceous) Picofrentes Formation, of the Iberian Inner Castilian Platform in Guadalajara Province (Spain). Distefania buerai nov. sp. represents the third formal record of fossil decapod crustacean, and the second record for brachyuran decapods in the Cenomanian of Iberia. The paucity of crustacean remains, which contrast with the rich invertebrate faunas known in the extensive Cenomanian basins of Iberia, it may be due to the lack of favorable environments for the establishment of decapod communities in the inner Castilian Platform.