Fossil isopod and decapod crustaceans from the kowai formation (pliocene) near Makikihi, South Canterbury, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 43-58

  Feldmann, Rodney M ^a   Schweitzer, Carrie E ^a   Maxwell, Phillip A ^a,b   Kelley, Brian M ^b  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachyura, Ciro lanidae; Cirolana makikihi, Upogebia kowai, Austrohelice manneringi, Kowaicarcinus maxwellae; Crustacea; Decapoda; Goneplacoidea; Grapsi dae; Isopoda; New taxonomic names; New Zealand; Pliocene; Thalassinidea; Upogebiidae

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL; IDENTIFICATION KEY; ISOPOD; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; NEW TAXON; PLIOCENE;

AUSTRALASIA; CANTERBURY [SOUTH ISLAND]; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

BRACHYURA; CIROLANA; CIROLANIDAE; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GRAPSIDAE; ISOPODA; THALASSINIDEA; UPOGEBIA; UPOGEBIIDAE;

EID: 42949109353     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288300809509849     Document Type: Article

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