Pleuronassa timerchidouensis n. gen., n. sp. (Axiidea, Callianassidae) from the Calcaires à slumps de Taghit Fm., Late Campanian of the Moyenne Moulouya, NE Morocco

Àlex Ossó-Morales; Alessandro Garassino; Francisco J. Vega; Pedro Artal

doi:10.4081/nhs.2011.165

Pleuronassa timerchidouensis n. gen., n. sp. (Axiidea, Callianassidae) from the Calcaires à slumps de Taghit Fm., Late Campanian of the Moyenne Moulouya, NE Morocco

https://doi.org/10.4081/nhs.2011.165

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Vol. 152 No. 2 (2011)

Submitted: 26 February 2014
Accepted: 26 February 2014

Published: 1 September 2011

Crustacea, Decapoda, Callianassidae, Upper Cretaceous, Morocco

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The new fossil decapod locality discovered recently in the NE extreme flank of the Chebka Timerchidou mountain, at the Moyenne Moulouya, NE of Morocco has yielded a rich decapod assemblage such as Hasaracancer merijaensis Ossó, Artal & Vega, 2011, Costacopluma maroccana Ossó, Artal & Vega, 2010, and Ophthalmoplax minimus Ossó, Artal & Vega, 2010. We report Pleuronassa timerchidouensis n. gen., n. sp. (Callianassidae Dana, 1852) from the same locality. It represents the second species of thalassinid from the Upper Cretaceous of Morocco following the recent discovery of Neocallichirus agadirensis Garassino, De Angeli & Pasini, 2011, from the Cenomanian of Agadir (W Morocco).

Ossó-Morales A., Garassino, A., Vega, F. J., & Artal, P. (2011). Pleuronassa timerchidouensis n. gen., n. sp. (Axiidea, Callianassidae) from the Calcaires à slumps de Taghit Fm., Late Campanian of the Moyenne Moulouya, NE Morocco. Natural History Sciences, 152(2), 165–175. https://doi.org/10.4081/nhs.2011.165