Jagtia Kunradensis, a new genus and species of clawed lobster (Decapoda: Nephropidae) from the upper Cretaceous (Upper Maatrichtian) Maastricht formation, the Netherlands

From: Journal of Paleontology | Date: March 1, 2000| Author: | Copyright information

ABSTRACT-A new genus and species of clawed lobster, Jagtia kunradensis, is described from the Upper Cretaceous (Upper Maastrichtian) Kunrade Limestone facies of the Maastricht Formation, The Netherlands. Three nephropid lobster genera and at least three species (Oncopareia bredai Bosquet, 1854, sensu Tshudy, 1993, Oncopareia sp. Tshudy, 1993, Hoploparia heyrichi Schluter, 1862, and Jagtia kunradensis) have now been collected from limestones of the Maastrichtian type area (southeastern Netherlands and northeastern Belgium). Cladistic methods were employed in re-evaluating the phylogenetic ...

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