New report of fossil crabs (Decapoda, Brachyura) from the late Eocene of San Feliciano Hill (Orgiano, Monti Berici, Vicenza, NE Italy)

Nuevo reporte de cangrejos (Decapoda, Brachyura) fósiles del Eoceno tardío en San Feliciano Hill (Orgiano, Monte Bérico, Vicenza, NE de Italia)

Antonio De Angeli¹, Alessandro Garassino^2,*

¹ Museo Civico G. Zannato, Montecchio Maggiore, Vicenza, Italy.

² Department of Earth and Biological Sciences, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA 92350, USA.

* Corresponding author: (A. Garassino) This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

How to cite this article:

De Angeli, A., Garassino, A., 2021, New report of fossil crabs (Decapoda, Brachyura) from the late Eocene of San Feliciano Hill (Orgiano, Monti Berici, Vicenza, NE Italy): Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana, 73 (3), A120221. http://dx.doi.org/10.18268/BSGM2021v73n3a120221

ABSTRACT

The rich decapod assemblage from the late Eocene of San Feliciano hill (Orgiano, Monti Berici, Vicenza, NE Italy) was partially recorded by De Angeli and Garassino (2002, 2014). Herein, two new crabs, Bericirinia bretoni n. gen., n. sp. (Epialtidae MacLeay, 1838) and Orgianocarcinus bericus n. gen., n. sp. (Dairidae Ng and Rodriguez, 1986) are reported from San Feliciano Hill, located in Monti Berici, Orgiano. Moreover, two well-preserved specimens assigned to Actaeites lobatus Müller and Collins, 1991 (Xanthoidea MacLeay, 1838, incertae sedis) allowed to add some morphological characters to the original description of the holotype, lacking the fronto-orbital margin.

Keywords: Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Epialtidae, Dairidae, Xanthoidea, taxonomy, late Eocene, Italy.