New nephropid lobster (Decapoda: Astacidea) from the late Campanian of California; extending the range of Pacific coastal fossil lobster occurrences

Nueva langosta nefrópida (Decapoda: Astacidea) del Campaniano tardío de California; ampliando el alcance del registro de langostas fósiles en la costa del Pacífico

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Rodney M. Feldmann^1,*, Carrie E. Schweitzer²

¹ Department of Geology, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242, USA.

² Department of Geology, Kent State University Stark Campus, 6000 Frank Ave. NW, North Canton, OH 44720, USA.

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How to cite this article:

Feldmann, R. M., Schweitzer, C., 2021, New nephropid lobster (Decapoda: Astacidea) from the late Campanian of California; extending the range of Pacific coastal fossil lobster occurrences: Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana, 73 (3), A241220. http://dx.doi.org/10.18268/BSGM2021v73n3a241220

ABSTRACT

Two well preserved specimens of nephropid lobster from the Late Cretaceous (late Campanian) Point Loma Formation in San Diego County, California, form the basis of description of a new species of Hoploparia. The occurrence represents the southernmost fossil record of macrurans along the Pacific coast of North America and it is only the third fossil lobster from California.

Keywords: Cretaceous, Nephropoidea, Nephropidae, Hoploparia.