A NEW SPECIES OF PARANEPHROPS WHITE, 1842 - A FOSSIL FRESH-WATER CRAYFISH (DECAPODA, PARASTACIDAE) FROM THE MANUHERIKIA GROUP (MIOCENE), CENTRAL OTAGO, NEW-ZEALAND

Authors
FELDMANN RM POLE M
Citation
Rm. Feldmann et M. Pole, A NEW SPECIES OF PARANEPHROPS WHITE, 1842 - A FOSSIL FRESH-WATER CRAYFISH (DECAPODA, PARASTACIDAE) FROM THE MANUHERIKIA GROUP (MIOCENE), CENTRAL OTAGO, NEW-ZEALAND, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 37(2), 1994, pp. 163-167
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Geosciences, Interdisciplinary",Geology
Journal title
New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00288306
Volume
37
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
163 - 167
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-8306(1994)37:2<163:ANSOPW>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
Discovery of a single specimen of fossil freshwater crayfish from the Miocene Dunstan Formation in Central Otago, New Zealand, permits descr iption of Paranephrops fordycei n. sp. The specimen, a nearly entire m olted carapace and abdomen, represents the first occurrence of this ge nus, and the family Parastacidae, in the fossil record.