A new freshwater crab (Decapoda: Brachyura: Potamonautidae) from the Paleogene of Tanzania, Africa

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen

Volumn 244, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 71-78

  Feldmann, Rodney M ^a,b   O'Connor, Patrick M ^a,c   Stevens, Nancy J ^a,c   Gottfried, Michael D ^a,d   Roberts, Eric M ^a,e   Ngasala, Sifa ^a,d   Rasmusson, Erin L ^a,g   Kapilima, Saidi ^a,f  

^a Kent State University ^*

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^f UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^g OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Brachyura; Decapoda; Freshwater; Paleogene; Potamonautidae; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; PALEOGENE;

TANZANIA;

BRACHYURA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); POTAMONAUTIDAE;

EID: 34547666984     PISSN: 00777749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0077-7749/2007/0244-0071     Document Type: Article

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