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A new genus and species of raninoid crab from the Upper Cretaceous of Mississippi

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A new genus and species of raninoid crab, Carinatus galebishopi, is described from the upper Maastrichtian Prairie Bluff and Owl Creek formations of Mississippi. Carinatus galebishopi gen. et sp. nov. fits best within the Raninidae, Subfamily Symethinae, based upon similar dorsal carapace characteristics of member genera. The new crab possesses distinctive dorsal carapace ornamentation setting it apart from described symethines and warrants establishment of a new genus. Carinatus galebishopi represents the first Cretaceous symethine crab and suggests the subfamily may have migrated eastward across the North Atlantic—Maastrichtian of Mississippi, Danian of New Jersey, and Ypresian of Spain—before dispersing to the Indo-Pacific.

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Eine neue Gattung und Art raninoider Krabben (Carinatus galebishopi gen. et sp. nov.) wird aus den Prairie Bluff- und Owl Creek-Formationen (Ober-Maastrichtium) des Bundesstaates Mississippi beschrieben. Carinatus galebishopi wird, basierend auf ähnlichen dorsalen Carapaxmerkmalen vergleichbarer Gattungen, der Familie Raninidae (Unterfamilie Symethinae) zugeordnet. Die neue Krabbe besitzt eine unverwechselbare (dorsale) Carapaxornamentierung, die von anderen beschriebenen Symethinae nicht bekannt ist und somit die Aufstellung einer neuen Gattung rechtfertigt. Carinatus galebishopi stellt den ersten kretazischen Vertreter der Symethinae dar und zeigt an, dass Vertreter dieser Unterfamilie möglicherweise zuerst ostwärts über den Nordatlantik gewandert sind: Mississippi (Maastrichtium), New Jersey (Danium), Spanien (Ypresium) – bevor sich diese im Indo-Pazifik ausgebreitet haben.

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MMNS:

Mississippi Museum of Natural Science—Jackson, Mississippi, USA

SDSMT:

South Dakota School of Mines and Technology—Rapid City, South Dakota, USA

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We are grateful to landowners Henry and Tmora Payne for access to MS.58.021 and W. C. Smallwood for access to MS.73.042. We also thank Javier Luque, Sylvain Charbonnier, and Mike Reich for their very thoughtful reviews.

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  1. Department of Earth and Biological Sciences, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA, 92354, USA

    Torrey Nyborg

  2. Conservation & Biodiversity Section, Mississippi Museum of Natural Science, Jackson, MS, 39202, USA

    George E. Phillips

  3. Oertijdmuseum De Groene Poort, Bosscheweg 80, 5283 WB, Boxtel, The Netherlands

    Barry Van Bakel

  4. Naturalis Biodiversity Center, P. O. Box 9517, 2300 RA, Leiden, The Netherlands

    Barry Van Bakel

  5. Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, 04510, Coyoacán, CdMx, Mexico

    Francisco J. Vega

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Nyborg, T., Phillips, G.E., Van Bakel, B. et al. A new genus and species of raninoid crab from the Upper Cretaceous of Mississippi. PalZ 91, 291–298 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12542-017-0373-5

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